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Ancyloceratinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Ancyloceratinae Gill
1983Ancyloceratinae Förster and Weier p. 59
1992Ancyloceratinae Klinger and Kennedy p. 100
2000Ancyloceratinae Landra et al. p. 36
2007Ancyloceratinae Szives p. 57
2018Ancyloceratinae Ovando-Figueroa et al. p. 114
2018Ancyloceratinae Robert et al. p. 16
2023Ancyloceratinae Delanoy and Baudouin p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
subfamilyAncyloceratinaeGill 1871
subfamilyAncyloceratinaeGill 1871

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.

Subfm. †Ancyloceratinae Gill 1871
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G. †Acanthoptychoceras Manolov 1962
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G. †Acrioceras Hyatt 1900
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Subg. †Acrioceras (Acrioceras) Hyatt 1900
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†Acrioceras (Acrioceras) zulu Klinger and Kennedy 1992
†Acrioceras hamlini Anderson 1938
†Acrioceras meriani Ooster 1860
†Acrioceras tabarelli Astier 1851
†Acrioceras vespertinum Anderson 1938
†Acrioceras voyanum Anderson 1938
G. †Ancyloceras d'Orbigny 1842
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Subg. †Ancyloceras (Ancyloceras) d'Orbigny 1842
†Ancyloceras ajax Anderson 1938
†Ancyloceras attrox Anderson 1938
†Ancyloceras baugieri d'Orbigny 1850
†Ancyloceras calloviense Morris 1845
†Ancyloceras durrelli Anderson 1938
†Ancyloceras elephas Anderson 1938
†Ancyloceras furcatum d'Orbigny 1842
†Ancyloceras mantelli Casey 1960
†Ancyloceras matheronianum d'Orbigny 1842
†Ancyloceras nicoleti Pictet and Campiche 1861
†Ancyloceras rarispina d'Orbigny 1850
†Ancyloceras remondi Gabb 1864
†Ancyloceras souyrisorum Vermeulen and Lazarin 2007
†Ancyloceras tenue d'Orbigny 1850
†Ancyloceras thomeli Murphy 1975
†Ancyloceras tzotnei Rouchadze 1933
G. †Caspianites Casey 1961
G. †Dirrymoceras Hyatt 1900
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†Dirrymoceras simplex d'Orbigny 1842
G. †Epancyloceras Spath 1930
G. †Huastecoceras Cantu-Chapa 1976
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†Huastecoceras trispinosoides Burckhardt 1925
G. †Jaubertites Sarkar 1955
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†Jaubertites audouli Astier 1851
†Jaubertites collignoni Sarkar 1955
†Jaubertites cooperi Klinger and Kennedy 1977
†Jaubertites dubius Sarkar 1955
†Jaubertites georgicum Kakabadze 1978
†Jaubertites pericauti Vermeulen and Lazarin 2007
†Jaubertites tskaltsithelense Rouchadze 1933
†Jaubertites tuberculatum Sarkar 1955
Invalid names: Ancyloceras (Audouliceras) Thomel 1964 [synonym], Coopericeras Vermeulen and Lazarin 2007 [synonym]
G. †Pseudoancyloceras Stenshin et al. 2014
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†Pseudoancyloceras kalinovense Stenshin et al. 2014
G. †Sarkariceras Vermeilen 2006
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†Sarkariceras kaliae Delanoy and Baudouin 2023
†Sarkariceras thomeli Vermeulen 2006
G. †Tonohamites Spath 1924
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†Tonohamites aequicingulatus von Koenen 1902
†Tonohamites boldii Szives and Monks 2002
†Tonohamites koeneni Casey 1961
G. †Toxancyloceras Delanoy 2003
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G. †Tropaeum Sowerby 1837
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Subg. †Tropaeum (Tropaeum) Sowerby 1837
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†Tropaeum (Tropaeum) elaurkense Stenshin et al. 2014
†Tropaeum antarcticum Wilckens 1947
†Tropaeum arcticum Stolley 1911
†Tropaeum australe Moore 1870
†Tropaeum caseyi Collignon 1962
†Tropaeum hillsi Sowerby 1836
†Tropaeum imperator Howchin and Whitehouse 1928
†Tropaeum irregulare Tenison-Woods 1882
†Tropaeum jackii Etheridge 1880
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Invalid names: Australiceras robustum Whitehouse 1926 [synonym], Australiceras transiente Whitehouse 1926 [synonym], Tropaeum rarum Whitehouse 1926 [synonym], Tropaeum undatum Whitehouse 1926 [synonym]
†Tropaeum lampros Etheridge 1909
†Tropaeum leptum Etheridge 1909
†Tropaeum percostatum Gabb 1864
†Tropaeum subsimbirskense Sinzow 1925
Invalid names: Australiceras Whitehouse 1926 [synonym]
G. †Ulyanovskiceras Delanoy and Baudouin 2023
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†Ulyanovskiceras brusyankense Stenshin et al. 2014
†Ulyanovskiceras mordovense Stenshin et al. 2014
†Ulyanovskiceras vyrystaykense Stenshin et al. 2014
G. †Virgonisites Delanoy and Baudouin 2023
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†Virgonisites sippae Delanoy and Baudouin 2023
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 170.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (213 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Egypt Ancyloceras tenue (170870)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Iraq (Zakho) Ancyloceras sp. (192418)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Mexico (Zacatecas) Ancyloceras sp., Ancyloceras zacatecanum (87608)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Svalbard and Jan Mayen Tropaeum arcticum (212044)
Early/Lower Valanginian - Early/Lower Aptian137.05 - 119.57Italy Ancyloceras matheronianu (160725)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Japan Acrioceras sp. (116150)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77USA (California) Anahamulina vespertina, Aspinoceras hamlini (83591)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Georgia Acrioceras pulcherrimum (2114)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy Acrioceras tabarelli (50799)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Italy Acrioceras meriani (168442) Acrioceras tabarelli (168437 168447)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain Acrioceras meriani (61526 61527 61529 61535 61536 61538 61539) Acrioceras ramkrishnai (61531 61541)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77USA (California) Acrioceras voyanum (224769)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Slovakia Acrioceras sp. (2060 2061)
Hauterivian - Aptian132.6 - 113.2South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Tropaeum antarcticum (209141)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Egypt Crioceras simplex (171269)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Chile (Coquimbo) Acrioceras sp. (222358)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Trinidad and Tobago Ancyloceras sp. (68921 68922)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Colombia Acrioceras julivertii (69061) Ancyloceras vandenheckii (69058)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Canada (Yukon) Ancyloceras durrelli (87408 87415)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Crioceras remondi (55837 55838)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence) Acrioceras breistrofferi (56058) Acrioceras tabarelli (56065) Acrioceras tabarelli, Jaubertites sp. (56782) Acrioceras terveri (56784) Ancyloceras sp. (56059)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Murcia) Ancyloceras vandenheckii (2326) Kutatissites edwardi (50444) Kutatissites edwardsi (50463)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Acrioceras breistrofferi, Toxancyloceras vandenheckii (82196) Acrioceras tabarelli (82170)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Slovakia Toxancyloceras vandenheckii (69129)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Jaen) Acrioceras tabarelli (2266 2267 2269 2273 2274 2275)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Germany (Niedersachsen) Acrioceras nodulosum, Acrioceras incumbens (37066)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Chile (Huasco) Acrioceras tabarelli (223243)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4South Africa Acrioceras sp. (65839)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Murcia) Acrioceras tabarelli (2346 2360) Ancyloceras vandenheckii (2322)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Bulgaria Acanthoptychoceras spinatocostatum (161853)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Chile (Copiapó) Acrioceras sp. (223424) Acrioceras tabarelli (223016)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Acrioceras tabarelli (82300 82301 82302 82303 82316)
Early/Lower Barremian - Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico Acrioceras sp., Ancyloceras vandenheckii (60782)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Alpes-de-Haute) Ancyloceras sp., Jaubertites sp. 1, Ancyloceras souyrisorum, Virgonisites sippae, Jaubertites collignoni, Jaubertites pericauti (242269)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4USA (California) Ancyloceras durrelli (225528) Ancyloceras elephas (216304 225526) Ancyloceras elephas, Ancyloceras thomeli (216303) Ancyloceras sp. (216302 216306)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Czechia Audouliceras fallauxi (93475)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4South Africa Acrioceras sp., Acrioceras zulu (65847) Acrioceras zulu (82475)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Granada) Ancyloceras vandenheckii (2294 2300)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Acrioceras breistrofferi, Toxancyloceras vandenheckii (82310 82326) Toxancyloceras vandenheckii (82328 240076)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Murcia) Ancyloceras vandenheckii (2323 2324 2325 2327 2328 2329 2333 2335 2336)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan Acrioceras tabarelli (66079)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy Ancyloceras sp. (71828)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Italy Ancyloceras sp., Ancyloceras fallauxi (82835)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain (Murcia) Kutatissites bifurcatus (50447 50448 50449 50459)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57South Africa Australiceras sp., Tropaeum sp., Ancyloceras sp. (65845) Tropaeum sp. (65844)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain (Granada) Kutatissites bifurcatus (50404)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Epancyloceras fractum, Ancyloceras matheronianum (77923) Tropaeum hillsii (77924)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Russian Federation (Ulyanovsk) Audouliceras vyrystaykense, Audouliceras mordovense, Audouliceras brusyankense (242271) Australiceras elegans (242272) Tropaeum elaurkense (242273)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Russian Federation Ancyloceras matheronianum (177043) Audouliceras renauxianum (177045) Proaustraliceras tuberculatum (176986) Tropaeum bowerbanki (177044)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Tanzania Tropaeum sp., Ancyloceras sp., Ancyloceras niongalense (174609)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Ancyloceras urbani (64182)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Tropaeum bowerbankii (228369 228370)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Iran Ancyloceras mantelli (236082) Australiceras sp. (236114 236146) Tonohamites sp. (236147)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mexico (Nuevo León) Huastecoceras trispinosoides (220690)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Türkiye Acrioceras sp. (240000)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Argentina Australiceras hallei (66637) Tonohamites aequicingulatus (70959)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mozambique Australiceras mozambiquense (174803) Tropaeum hillsi (174801)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2France Ancyloceras sp. (38806)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Morocco (Western High Atlas) Australiceras sp., Tropaeum sp. (2070)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Germany Tropaeum drewi (64183)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Colombia Tonohamites koeneni (69076)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Georgia Australiceras sp., Kutatissites sp., Tropaeum sp. (2116)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Egypt Crioceras simplex (171270)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Ancyloceras mantelli (1747 1819) Australiceras gigas (1753 1859) Australiceras gigas, Australiceras sp., Epancyloceras hythense, Tonohamites decurrens (1754) Australiceras gigas, Tonohamites decurrens, Tropaeum bowerbanki (1756) Australiceras gigas, Tropaeum benstedi, Tropaeum rossicum, Tropaeum hillsi, Tropaeum bowerbanki (1822) Australiceras gigas, Tropaeum bowerbanki (1820) Australiceras gigas, Tropaeum drewi, Tropaeum sp., Ancyloceras varians, Tonohamites sp., Tropaeum bowerbanki (1870) Australiceras gigas, Tropaeum hillsi, Tropaeum bowerbanki (1775 1776 1838) Australiceras sp. (1760) Tropaeum benstedi (1759) Tropaeum bowerbanki, Tonohamites aequicingulatus (1757) Tropaeum hillsi (1821) Tropaeum keepingi (1866) Tropaeum sp., Tonohamites sp. (1867) Tropaeum sp., Tropaeum subarcticum, Tropaeum bowerbanki (1769) Tropaeum subarcticum (1840 1841 1850)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Tropaeum articum (212051 212965)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Australia (Queensland) Australiceras gracile (83910) Australiceras irregulare (83904) Australiceras jacki (83907 83908) Australiceras jacki, Australiceras transiente, Australiceras robustum, Australiceras irregulare, Australiceras gracile, Tropaeum undatum, Tropaeum australe, Tropaeum rarum (83901) Australiceras lampros, Australiceras robustum, Tropaeum rarum (83909) Tropaeum arcticum (83913) Tropaeum australe (83911) Tropaeum leptum (83912)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2India (Gujarat) Tropaeum australis (64626 66782)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Azerbaijan Ancyloceras furcatum (209384) Ancyloceras nicoleti (209385)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mozambique Tropaeum sp. (66047) Tropaeum subsimbirskense (174620 174621)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico Ancyloceras matheroni (65624)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) Caspianites vectensis, Tropaeum benstedi (77946) Tropaeum baylissi, Tropaeum ponderosum, Tonohamites hunstantonensis, Tropaeum pseudohillsi (77925) Tropaeum subarcticum (77945) Tropaeum subsimbirskense (77944)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Madagascar Ancyloceras varians (83997) Tonohamites aequicingulatus (83996) Tropaeum caseyi (84024)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Chihuahua) Huastecoceras sp. (189916 189919)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Germany Tropaeum drewi, Tropaeum loegteri (64185)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Argentina Australiceras hallei (63984 63986) Australiceras hallei, Tropaeum inflatum (66642) Australiceras sp., Tropaeum sp. (64150) Tropaeum sp. (63994 64157)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (California) Tropaeum percostatum (216319 216329 216336)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain Ancyloceras sp. (184480)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Venezuela (Sucre) Ancyloceras mantelli (87916)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Nuevo León) Huastecoceras sp. (220682) Huastecoceras trispinosoides (220668 220669 220692 220693)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Antarctica Tropaeum sp. (64242)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2South Africa Tropaeum sp. (65963 65967 65971)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mexico (Sonora) Huastecoceras sp. (191940)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Antarctica Australiceras sp. (64184)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Crioceras australe (222686) Crioceras irregulare (222687)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica Tropaeum sp. (64205)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Switzerland Ancyloceras nicoleti (2166) Ancyloceras vaucherianus (2167)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Tropaeum imperator (83942)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Antarctica Tropaeum sp. (64193)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Zacatecas) Ancyloceras sp., Ancyloceras zacatecanum, Ancyloceras camachoense (87607)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Ancyloceras bipunctatum (64128)