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Acleistoceras

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Acleistoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acleistoceras was named by Hyatt (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife-u D Give-l Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. It is the type genus of Acleistoceratidae.

It was assigned to Acleistoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964); and to Oncoceratida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Acleistoceras Hyatt p. 277
1964Acleistoceras Teichert et al. p. 308
2002Acleistoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyAcleistoceratidaeFlower 1950
genusAcleistocerasHyatt 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. †Acleistoceras Hyatt 1884
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Acleistoceras albani Clarke 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:44
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Givetian or 410.62000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Quebec) Cyrtoceras albani (233202)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) A. hyatti (3846)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) A. sp. (38450 38451 38452 38453 38454 38455 38456)