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Gyroceratites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mimoceratidae

Taxonomy
Gyroceratites was named by Meyer (1831) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-l D Emsi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mimoceratinae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Anarcestida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mimoceratidae by Korn and Klug (2002), Korn (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Gyroceratites Meyer
1882Aphyllites Mojsisovics
1884Mimoceras Hyatt
1896Goniatites (Aphyllites) Maurer
1957Gyroceratites Arkell et al. p. 29
1960Gyroceratites (Lamelloceras) Erben
2002Gyroceratites Korn and Klug p. 63
2002Gyroceratites Sepkoski
2006Gyroceratites Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAgoniatitinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyMimosphinctaceaeErben 1953
familyMimoceratidaeSteinmann 1890
genusGyroceratitesMeyer 1831

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. †Gyroceratites Meyer 1831
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†Gyroceratites circularis Barrande 1865
†Gyroceratites glaber Bogoslovsky 1961
†Gyroceratites gracilis Bronn 1835
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Invalid names: Ammonites compressus Beyrich 1837 [synonym], Goniatites ambigena Barrande 1865 [synonym]
†Gyroceratites heinricherbeni De Baets et al. 2013
†Gyroceratites laevis Eichenberg 1931
†Gyroceratites pallantianus Montesinos and Truyols-Massoni 1987
Invalid names: Aphyllites Mojsisovics 1882 [synonym], Lamelloceras Erben 1960 [synonym], Mimoceras Hyatt 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height98.924.5020.09.204.53
shell diameter924.412.056.026.012.7
shell inflation910.25.6023.010.25.09

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 410.62000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) G. gracilis (12183)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.62 - 387.95Czechia G. gracilis (12148)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany G. heinricherbeni (163369) G. sp. (26904)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Czechia Gyroceras circulare (173000) G. laevis (12147 172646 172996)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia G. laevis (172658)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco G. gracilis (27117) G. laevis (38746)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Spain (Palencia) G. laevis (40349)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) G. circularis (12112)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) G. glaber (171998)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Palencia) G. gracilis (40350)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Czechia G. gracilis (172654 172657 172738 172739 172740 172988 172989 172990 172991 172992 172993 172994 172995) G. gracilis, G. laevis (12144 172653 172656) G. laevis (172997 172998 172999)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Tajikistan G. laevis (45793)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco G. laevis (27071 27072)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47China (Guangxi) G. gracilis (75905)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) G. gracilis (171999)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Morocco G. laevis (27114)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95China (Guangxi) G. gracilis (25756)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Moravia) G. gracilis (25063)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco G. gracilis (27146)