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Pseudorthocerataceae

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida

Sister taxa
Cyrtactinoceratidae, Mysterioceratidae, Songkanocerasidae, Stereoplasmoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Pseudorthocerataceae Sweet
1968Pseudorthocerataceae Barskov p. 242
1981Pseudorthocerataceae Chen et al. p. 43
1994Pseudorthocerataceae Evans p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
superfamilyPseudorthocerataceae
superfamilyPseudorthocerataceae

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.

Superfm. †Pseudorthocerataceae Sweet 1964
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Fm. †Cyrtactinoceratidae Chen et al. 1981
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G. †Armenocerina Chen et al. 1981
G. †Heyuncunoceras Chen et al. 1981
G. †Platysmoceras Chen et al. 1981
Fm. †Mysterioceratidae Sweet 1964
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G. †Mysterioceras Teichert and Glenister 1953
Fm. †Songkanocerasidae Chen et al. 1981
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G. †Songkanoceras Chen et al. 1981
Fm. †Stereoplasmoceratidae Kobayashi 1934
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G. †Stereoplasmoceras Grabau 1922
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G. †Stereoplasmocerina Kobayashi 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Gorstian or 486.40000 to 425.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (ShanXi) Stereoplasmoceras sp. (8003)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (ShanDong) Stereoplasmoceras sp. (20773)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (XinJiang) Stereoplasmoceras sp. (20806)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (LiaoNing) Stereoplasmoceras sp. (20757)
Arenig - Llanvirn477.1 - 458.2China (JiLin) Stereoplasmoceras sp. (21141)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (HeBei) Mysterioceras sp., Stereoplasmoceras pseudoseptatum (7955)
Kunda - Uhaku469.1 - 458.0Norway (Hadeland) Stereoplasmoceras longicameratum (164011)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1China (Sichuan) Mysterioceras sp. (5404)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1China (HeBei) Mysterioceras sp. (7990)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (HeBei) Mysterioceras sp., Stereoplasmoceras sp. (7959) Stereoplasmoceras sp. (7965 7994)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (HeNan) Stereoplasmoceras sp. (20771)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (ShanXi) Stereoplasmoceras sp. (8532)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (GanSu) Mysterioceras sp. (8563)
Aseri464.3 - 461.4Norway (Nes-Hamar) Stereoplasmoceras longicameratum, Stereoplasmocerina lineata, Stereoplasmocerina approximata (56194)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Norway Stereoplasmocerina sp. (2950)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2China (HeBei) Stereoplasmoceras sp. (7988)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (ShanXi) Stereoplasmoceras sp. (8008 8010)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Gansu) Mysterioceras sp. (23587)
Gisbornian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Australia (Tasmania) Mysterioceras sp. (2691)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6Australia (Tasmania) Mysterioceras australe (189094)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9China (Guizhou) Songkanoceras sp. (27898)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China (Guizhou) Songkanoceras sp. (27835 27847)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China Songkanoceras sp., Armenocerina sp. (228657)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0China Heyuncunoceras sp., Platysmoceras sp. (228660)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7China (Yunnan) Heyuncunoceras sp. (27771)