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Spyroceras

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Spyroceras Hyatt
1934Spyroceras Strand
1945Spyroceras Flower p. 703
1964Spyroceras Sweet
1981Spyroceras Crick p. 228
1995Spyroceras Dzik and Kiselev p. 67
2008Spyroceras Kröger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderPseudorthocerida
familySpyroceratidaeShimizu and Obata 1935
genusSpyrocerasHyatt 1884

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Spyroceras Hyatt 1884
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†Spyroceras baffinense Schuchert 1900
†Spyroceras bilineatum Hall 1847
†Spyroceras boreale Foerste and Savage 1927
†Spyroceras chambliense Foerste 1924
†Spyroceras crotalum Hall 1879
†Spyroceras cylindratum Foerste 1932
†Spyroceras cyrtopatronus Kröger 2008
†Spyroceras damesi Krause 1877
†Spyroceras ferum Billings 1866
†Spyroceras fukuijense Niko 1996
†Spyroceras giganteum Flower 1945
†Spyroceras latepatronus Kröger 2008
†Spyroceras middlevillense Foerste 1928
†Spyroceras olorus Hall 1879
†Spyroceras patronus Barrande 1866
†Spyroceras perlaeve Strand 1934
†Spyroceras persculptum Ruedemann 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 22:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 471.30000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (162 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (New York) S. sp. (333)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Orthoceras bilineatum (172350)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (California) S. sp. (119483 219321)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Saskatchewan) S. sp. (24164)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) S. sp. (24125 24161 24220)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) S. sp. (24165)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Cycloceras persculptum (26297)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) S. sp. (188776)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (South Dakota) S. sp. (24168)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Estonia S. sp. (24175)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Wyoming) S. sp. (24167)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) S. sp. (24172 24173 24174)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) S. bilineatum (5347)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) Orthoceras bilineatum (175724) S. bilineatum (181091)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) S. lesueuri, S. cylindratum (23690)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) S. sp., Cycloceras cylindratum (55999)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) S. lesueuri, S. cylindratum (23757) S. lesueuri, S. scofieldi (23758) S. lesueuri, S. scofieldi, S. cylindratum (23753) S. scofieldi (23756)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) S. lesueuri, S. scofieldi (23761)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) S. lesueuri, S. scofieldi, S. cylindratum (23691)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) S. bilineatum (26192)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) S. bilineatum (5350)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) S. lesueuri (23092)
Trentonian - Richmondian457.3 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) S. porteri, S. baffinense (24115)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Iowa) S. sp. (24170)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) S. sp. (383)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) S. anellus (26342)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Cycloceras persculptum (26298 26299) S. bilineatum (26293 26295)
Edenian - Gamachian451.0 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) S. percense (37796)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Virginia) S. sp. (5396)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) S. chambliense (173274)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Cycloceras persculptum (26302)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Colorado) S. sp. (10338 10390 24166)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) S. clathratoannulatum (167754 167755) S. clathratoannulatum, S. textumarenaceum (164229)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia (Oru) S. clathratoannulatum (167757)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) S. hammeli (22960) S. parksi (173012)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) S. sp. (188773)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) S. sp. (26317 240958)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) S. baffinense (24124)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Minnesota) S. perroti (358)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) S. sp. (393)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) S. liratum, S. subglabrum (37469)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway S. sp. (164205)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) S. clathratoannulatum (162234) S. perlaeve, S. clathratoannulatum (162233) S. sp., S. clathratoannulatum (164195)
Pusgillian - Rawtheyan449.5 - 445.2Norway (Langesund-Skien) S. perlaeve, S. clathratoannulatum (159336)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Indiana, Ohio) S. sp. (24171)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Ontario) S. parksi (26304)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) S. sp. (54135)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) S. olorus (24162)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.1Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) S. sp. (365)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Alaska) S. sp. (468)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) S. sp. A (188862 188863 188865)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (New York) S. sp. (76664)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Poland S. damesi (89485)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Germany (Brandenburg) S. damesi (89483)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) S. damesi (89482)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Poland (Kuyavia-Pomerania) Orthoceras damesii (89481)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Poland (West Pomerania) S. damesi (89484)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (New York) S. sp. (493 542)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco S. cyrtopatronus (208259) S. latepatronus, S. patronus (91611) S. patronus (91631 208256 208258 208261) S. sp., S. cyrtopatronus, S. latepatronus (91724)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia S. patronus (80662)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Bohemia) S. patronus (104660 104794 172945)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Praha) S. patronus (56701)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (St. Jan pod Skalou) S. patronus (80318)
Pragian - Middle Givetian413.02 - 383.4Morocco S. sp., S. cyrtopatronus, S. patronus (208110)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Morocco S. fukujiense (210187)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Russian Federation S. crotalum (24775)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Czechia S. sp., S. patronus (172632)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') S. thoas (40703)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) S. thoas (3846)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) S. geneva (83120)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Indiana) S. nuntium (11101)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) S. crotalum (91250)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Spyroceras indet. (96211 96212 96213) S. nuntium (5668 8728 8753 8754 8993 8999 9003 9006 9028 74994 90846 90848 96367) S. sp. (10459 10461 89657 89660 89683 89689 89690 89694 89695 89696 89698 89701 89704 89707 89708 89709 89710 89728 89731 89732 89733 89734 89750 89753 89754 89759 89766 89775 89782 89800 89822 94449 94454 111612)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Pennsylvania) S. nuntium (9659 9888 9895 9898 9912) S. sp. (627 669 670)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Colorado) S. sp. (3664)