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Zittelloceras

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Zittelloceras Hyatt p. 284
1952Zitteloceras Flower p. 50
1964Zittelloceras Teichert et al. p. 288
1981Zittelloceras Crick p. 229
2002Zittelloceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyOncoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusZittellocerasHyatt 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. †Zittelloceras Hyatt 1884
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Zitteloceras costatum Teichert 1940
Zitteloceras hitzi Foerste 1910
Zitteloceras praecedens Flower 1952
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 Blackhillsian to the top of the Richmondian or 475.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Catoraphiceras sp. (63843 63846 63926)
Marmor - Ashbyan471.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Zitteloceras praecedens (89094)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) Zitteloceras sp. (174157)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Zitteloceras sp. (89006)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Z. beloitense, Z. clarkeanum, Z. scofieldi, Z. percurvatum, Z. brevicurvatum, Z. tenuistriatum (23756) Z. beloitense, Z. percurvatum, Z. brevicurvatum, Z. tenuistriatum (23753) Z. brevicurvatum, Z. beloitense, Z. clarkeanum, Z. scofieldi, Z. percurvatum, Z. tenuistriatum (23758) Z. percurvatum, Z. brevicurvatum, Z. tenuistriatum (23752)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Zitteloceras terranovicum (27495)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Zitteloceras sp. (55999)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Z. percurvatum, Z. brevicurvatum, Z. tenuistriatum (23689 23690)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Z. beloitense, Z. clarkeanum, Z. scofieldi, Z. percurvatum, Z. brevicurvatum, Z. tenuistriatum (23691)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Zitteloceras hitzi (173094)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) Z. sp. (392 394)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Indiana) Zitteloceras hitzi (5323) Zitteloceras lentidilatatum (5324) Zitteloceras shidleri (5325)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Zitteloceras costatum (189028)