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Oncoceras

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae

Taxonomy
Oncoceras was named by Hall (1847).

It was assigned to Oncoceratidae by Sweet (1958), Teichert et al. (1964), Crick (1981), Frey (1995); and to Oncoceratida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
O. carletonense, O. major, O. pauper, O. pristinum
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. delicatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Oncoceras Hall
1958Oncoceras Sweet
1964Oncoceras Teichert et al. p. 284
1981Oncoceras Crick p. 229
1995Oncoceras Frey p. P36
2002Oncoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyOncoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusOncocerasHall 1847

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. †Oncoceras Hall 1847
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†Oncoceras carletonense Twenhofel 1928
†Oncoceras major Frey 1995
†Oncoceras pauper Foerste 1924
†Oncoceras pristinum Ruedemann 1906
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 Middle Ordovician to the top of the Emsian or 471.30000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (New York) O. sp. (333)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) O. pristinum (42810)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) O. abruptum, O. tetreauvillense (23757 23758)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) O. major (87737)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) O. constrictum (76092)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) O. douglassi (23770 23771 23773 23775 23776 23777)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) O. multicameratum (87836) O. sp. (77147 77149)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) O. sp. (26947)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) O. constrictum (431 76091) O. contrictum (337)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Kazakhstan (Abai) O. delicatum (235976)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) O. carletonense (63675)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) O. sp. (367 368)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) O. sp. (26313)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) O. sp. (392 394)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Indiana) O. anomalum (5324) O. anomalum, O. duncanae, O. exile, O. insuetum (5323)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) O. sp. (450)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (New York) O. subrectum (82569)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czech Republic O. sp. (14037)
Helderbergian - Emsian419.62 - 393.47Austria O. sp. (26203)