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Apsidoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Apsidoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Apsidoceratidae Hyatt
1934Apsidoceratidae Strand
1964Apsidoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 382
1981Apsidoceratidae Crick p. 229
1982Apsidoceratidae Frye p. 1284
2022Apsidoceratidae Pohle et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
familyApsidoceratidaeHyatt 1884
familyApsidoceratidaeHyatt 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.

Fm. †Apsidoceratidae Hyatt 1884
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G. †Apsidoceras Hyatt 1884
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Apsidoceras quebecense Flower 1952
G. †Charactoceras Foerste 1924
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Charactoceras baeri Meek and Worthen 1865
Charactoceras cinereum Blake 1882
Charactoceras estonicum Strand 1934
Charactoceras hercules Billings 1857
Invalid names: Charactocerina Foerste 1935 [synonym]
G. †Chidleyenoceras Shimizu and Obata 1935
G. †Deckeroceras Foerste 1935
G. †Fremontoceras Foerste 1935
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Fremontoceras giganteum Flower 1952
Fremontoceras jewetti Flower 1947
G. †Wilsonoceras Foerste 1929
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 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Mohawkian to the top of the Hirnantian or 457.30000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) Charactoceras sp., Wilsonoceras sp. (24165)
Soudleyan - Longvillian458.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Fremontoceras jewetti (13840)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (South Dakota) Wilsonoceras sp. (24168)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Estonia Charactoceras sp. (24175)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Charactoceras sp. (24172 24173)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Wyoming) Charactoceras sp., Wilsonoceras sp. (24167)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Iowa, Minnesota) Charactoceras sp. (24169)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) Fremontoceras jewetti (172145)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) Apsidoceras quebecense (89097 89110) Fremontoceras giganteum (89112)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Chidleyenoceras sp. (23690)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Chidleyenoceras sp. (27490)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Chidleyenoceras sp. (23753 23756 23757 23758)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Chidleyenoceras sp. (23691)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Fremontoceras jewetti (89153)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Charactoceras sp. (26951 26952)
Trentonian - Richmondian457.3 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Charactoceras schucherti (24115)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Charactoceras schucherti (24116)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Charactoceras triangulum, Charactoceras kallholnense, Charactoceras suecicum, Charactoceras raettvikense (89486 124939)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarna) Charactoceras raettvikense (89487)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Charactoceras triangulum (73413)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Iowa) Charactoceras sp. (24170)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Charactoceras plicatus (26340)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Charactoceras laddi, Deckeroceras clermontense (23741)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Charactoceras laddi, Deckeroceras clermontense (23783)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) Charactoceras manitobense (13656) Charactoceras manitobense, Wilsonoceras squawcreekense (13654) Charactocerina kirki (13652)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Charactoceras laddi, Deckeroceras clermontense (23784)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Wilsonoceras sp. (34813)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Colorado) Charactoceras sp. (24166)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Norway (Oslo Asker) Charactoceras sp., Apsidoceras magnificum (164206)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) Charactoceras estonicum (164229)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Trochoceras cinereum (89260)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Apsidoceras insigne (26343) Charactocerina thorsteinssoni (188769)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Nautilus hercules (63675)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Charactoceras schucherti, Wilsonoceras squawcreekense (24124)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) Charactoceras sp., Charactocerina sp. (394)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Manitoba) Apsidoceras milleri, Fremontoceras loperi (23024) Charactoceras laddi, Charactoceras warrenae (23011) Charactocerina goodwini (23014) Charactocerina leithi (23031) Kinaschukoceras churchillense (23035)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Apsidoceras depressum, Apsidoceras sp. (37469)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Charactoceras estonicum (162233)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway Charactoceras estonicum (163022)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Indiana) Charactoceras baeri (5323) Charactocerina faberi, Charactoceras baeri (5324)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Indiana, Ohio) Charactoceras sp. (24171)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Charactoceras kallholnense (73462)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) Charactoceras sp. (24162)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Phragmoceras compressum (154951)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Norway Apsidoceras magnificum (163408)
Cautleyan - Ashgill449.2 - 443.1United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Charactoceras cinereum (13841)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Norway (Skien - Langesund) Apsidoceras sp. (164207)