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Prionoceratoidea

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Prionocerataceae Hyatt
2002Prionocerataceae Korn and Klug p. 172
2006Prionocerataceae Korn
2009Prionoceratoidea Furnish et al. p. 2
2016Prionocerataceae Korn and Sudar p. 193

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()

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.

Superfm. †Prionoceratoidea Hyatt 1884
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Fm. †Acrocanitidae Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
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G. †Jdaidites Korn et al. 2007
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†Jdaidites cultellus Korn et al. 2010
†Jdaidites serpentinus Korn et al. 2007
Fm. †Cheiloceratidae Frech 1897
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Subfm. †Cheiloceratinae Frech 1897
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G. †Balacheiloceras Korn 2002
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†Balacheiloceras aequisellatum Schindewolf 1923
†Balacheiloceras balapanense Bogoslovsky 1971
G. †Cheiloceras Frech 1897
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Subg. †Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) Frech 1897
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†Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) amblylobum Sandberger and Sandberger 1851
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras globulare Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
†Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) sacculus Sandberger and Sandberger 1851
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras arcuatuvaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras atavum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras avaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras sinuvaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras subsinuvaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
Subg. †Cheiloceras (Compactoceras) Becker 2002
†Cheiloceras artum Bogoslovsky 1971
†Cheiloceras bogoslovskyi Becker 1990
†Cheiloceras depressum Sobolew 1914
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras lenticulare Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
†Cheiloceras evolutum Becker 1993
†Cheiloceras hamolobum Becker 1993
†Cheiloceras ovatolobum Babin 1966
†Cheiloceras sacculum Sandberger 1851
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras praeglobosum Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
†Cheiloceras subcostatum Sobolew 1914
Invalid names: Eucheiloceras Schmidt 1921 [synonym]
G. †Dyscheiloceras Schmidt 1922
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G. †Paratorleyoceras Bogoslovsky 1957
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†Paratorleyoceras globosum Munster 1832
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Invalid names: Goniatites umbilicatus Sandberger 1851 [synonym]
†Paratorleyoceras nehdene Kayser 1873
†Paratorleyoceras petraeum Munster 1839
G. †Staffites Wedekind 1918
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†Staffites afrispinus Becker 1993
†Staffites complanatus Matern 1931
†Staffites curvispinus Sandberger and Sandberger 1850
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras acutilobum Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
†Staffites cuspidatus Perna 1914
†Staffites nalivkinae Bogoslovsky 1971
†Staffites tumulosus Becker 1993
Invalid names: Centroceratos Strand 1929 [synonym], Cheiloceras (Centroceras) Wedekind 1908 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Torleyoceras Wedekind 1918
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†Torleyoceras altisellatum Wedekind 1908
†Torleyoceras discoidale Sobolew 1914
†Torleyoceras enkebergense Wedekind 1908
†Torleyoceras oxyacantha Sandberger and Sandberger 1851
†Torleyoceras pernai Bogoslovsky 1962
Subfm. †Nehdenitinae Korn 2002
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G. †Nehdenites Korn 2002
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†Nehdenites acrilobus Sobolew 1914
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras transversale Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
†Nehdenites circumflexus Sandberger 1851
†Nehdenites cuneilobatus Bogoslovsky 1971
†Nehdenites glabrus Sobolew 1914
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras praepolonicum Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
†Nehdenites intermedius Schindewolf 1923
†Nehdenites longilobus Sobolew 1914
†Nehdenites parvilobus Petter 1959
†Nehdenites planilobus Sandberger 1851
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras simplicissimum Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
†Nehdenites polonicus Sobolew 1914
†Nehdenites rotundus Sobolew 1914
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras inversum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras postinversum Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
†Nehdenites schwarzkopfi Becker 1993
†Nehdenites septatus Termier and Termier 1950
†Nehdenites tenuis Sobolew 1914
†Nehdenites undulosus Munster 1832
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras planisellatum Schindewolf 1923 [synonym], Goniatites sublaevis Munster 1832 [synonym]
†Nehdenites verneuilii Munster 1839
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras contrverneuili Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras discoidale Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras discotransversale Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras multivaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras subinversum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras sublentiforme Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras sublentitransversale Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
G. †Praemeroceras Becker 1993
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†Praemeroceras dahmanii Becker et al. 2002
†Praemeroceras globosoides Sobolew 1914
G. †Puncticeras Becker 1993
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†Puncticeras ajense Bogoslovsky 1971
†Puncticeras anumbilicatum Schindewolf 1923
†Puncticeras gastriforme Becker 1993
†Puncticeras lagowiense Gurich 1900
†Puncticeras ovatus Munster 1832
†Puncticeras pompeckji Wedekind 1918
†Puncticeras schmidti Petersen 1975
†Puncticeras semiinversum Sobolew 1914
†Puncticeras sublagowiense Sobolew 1914
†Puncticeras ultimum Schindewolf 1923
Fm. †Gattendorfiidae Bartzsch and Weyer 1987
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G. †Acutimitoceras Librovitch 1957
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†Acutimitoceras acutum Schindewolf 1923
†Acutimitoceras hollardi Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
†Acutimitoceras intermedium Schindewolf 1923
†Acutimitoceras mfisense Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
†Acutimitoceras occidentale Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
†Acutimitoceras posterum Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
G. †Costimitoceras Vöhringer 1960
G. †Gattendorfia Schindewolf 1920
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Subg. †Gattendorfia (Gattendorfia) Schindewolf 1920
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†Gattendorfia (Gattendorfia) bransoni Miller and Younquist 1947
†Gattendorfia crassa Schmidt 1924
†Gattendorfia jacquelinae Ebbighausen et al. 2004
G. †Gattenpleura Weyer 1976
G. †Kazakhstania Librovitch 1940
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†Kazakhstania colubrella Morton 1836
†Kazakhstania evoluta Vohringer 1960
†Kazakhstania mangeri Work and Mason 2005
†Kazakhstania nitida Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
G. †Nicimitoceras Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
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†Nicimitoceras trochiforme Vohringer 1960
G. †Weyerella Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
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†Weyerella angularia Liang and Wang 1991
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Invalid names: Gattendorfia (Zadelsdorfia) acricula Ruan 1995 [synonym], Gattendorfia (Zadelsdorfia) popanoides Ruan 1995 [synonym]
†Weyerella concava Vohringer 1960
†Weyerella discoides Ruan 1981
†Weyerella mimica Ruan 1981
†Weyerella minor Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
†Weyerella molaris Vohringer 1960
†Weyerella parapplanata Sheng 1984
†Weyerella popanoides Ruan 1981
†Weyerella protecta Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
†Weyerella reticulum Vohringer 1960
G. †Zadelsdorfia Weyer 1972
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†Zadelsdorfia debouaaensis Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
Invalid names: Gattendorfiinae Bartzsch and Weyer 1987 [empty]
Fm. †Prionoceratidae Hyatt 1884
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Subfm. †Acutimitoceratinae Korn 1994
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G. †Sulcimitoceras Kusina 1985
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G. †Amoeboceras Hyatt 1900
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†Amoeboceras (Amoebites) alticarinatum Mesezhnikov and Romm 1973
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Invalid names: Amoebites acanthophorus Buckman 1925 [synonym], Amoeboceras (Amoebites) irregulare Spath 1935 [synonym]
†Amoeboceras (Amoebites) mesezhnikovi Sykes and Surlyk 1975
†Amoeboceras (Amoebites) pulchrum Mesezhnikov and Romm 1973
†Amoeboceras alternans von Buch 1831
Invalid names: Prionoceras Buckman 1920 [objective synonym]
G. †Balvia Lange 1929
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Subg. †Balvia (Balvia) Lange 1929
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Subg. †Balvia (Mayneoceras) Selwood 1960
Invalid names: Effenbergia Korn 2002 [synonym]
Subfm. †Balviinae Korn 2002
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G. †Kenseyoceras Selwood 1960
G. †Cunitoceras Weyer 1972
Subfm. †Imitoceratinae Ruzhentsev 1950
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G. †Imitoceras Schindewolf 1923
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Subg. †Imitoceras (Imitoceras) Schindewolf 1923
†Imitoceras dimidium Korn et al. 2010
†Imitoceras oxydentale Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
†Imitoceras sinuatum Gordon 1964
†Imitoceras strictum Korn et al. 2010
†Prionoceras (Imitoceras) werriense Campbell and Engel 1963
G. †Irinoceras Ruzhencev 1947
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†Irinoceras arcuatum Ruzhentsev 1947
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Invalid names: Prionoceras (Irinoceras) stevanovici Kullmann 1962 [synonym]
†Irinoceras minutum Korn et al. 2003
†Irinoceras ornatissimum Koninck 1882
†Irinoceras romingeri Winchell 1862
†Irinoceras schulzei Kullmann 1963
G. †Mimimitoceras Korn 1988
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†Mimimitoceras geminum Korn 1992
†Mimimitoceras liratum Schmidt 1924
†Mimimitoceras rotersi Korn 1992
†Mimimitoceras transiens Becker and Zong 2015
†Mimimitoceras varicosum Schindewolf 1923
G. †Paragattendorfia Schindewolf 1924
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†Paragattendorfia aboussalamae Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
Invalid names: Globimitoceras Korn 1994 [synonym]
G. †Rectimitoceras Becker 1996
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†Rectimitoceras linearis Muenster 1832
G. †Triimitoceras Korn et al. 2003
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†Triimitoceras tantulum Korn et al. 2010
Invalid names: Prionoceratinae Hyatt 1884 [empty]
Fm. †Pseudarietitidae Bartzsch and Weyer 1987
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G. †Paprothites Bartzsch and Weyer 1987
G. †Paralytoceras Frech 1902
G. †Pseudarietites Frech 1902
Fm. †Voehringeritidae Bartzsch and Weyer 1988
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G. †Voehringerites Manger 1971
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 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Middle Tithonian or 372.15000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (345 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Rhenish Massif) Cheiloceras planilobum, Cheiloceras circumflexum, Cheiloceras acutum, Cheiloceras oxyacantha, Cheiloceras globosum, Cheiloceras nehdense, Cheiloceras subpartitum, Cheiloceras verneuili, Cheiloceras curvispina, Cheiloceras ovatum, Cheiloceras sacculum, Cheiloceras lagowiense, Cheiloceras amblylobum (5960)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany Cheiloceras amblylobum, Cheiloceras complanatum, Cheiloceras curvispina, Compactoceras tenue, Compactoceras verneuili, Compactoceras circumflexum, Compactoceras pompeckji, Cheiloceras sacculum, Paratorleyoceras globosum (187041) Cheiloceras amblylobum, Cheiloceras subpartitum (187059) Cheiloceras amblylobum, Cheiloceras subpartitum, Cheiloceras curvispina, Compactoceras circumflexum, Compactoceras praelentiforme, Compactoceras pompeckji, Cheiloceras sacculum (187042) Cheiloceras amblylobum, Cheiloceras subpartitum, Compactoceras verneuili (187045 187047 187048 187062) Cheiloceras amblylobum, Cheiloceras subpartitum, Compactoceras verneuili, Cheiloceras sacculum, Paratorleyoceras globosum (187049) Cheiloceras amblylobum, Cheiloceras subpartitum, Compactoceras verneuili, Compactoceras circumflexum, Compactoceras undulosum, Compactoceras pompeckji, Cheiloceras sacculum, Paratorleyoceras globosum (187064) Cheiloceras subpartitum (187046 187053 187057 187058 187060) Cheiloceras subpartitum, Cheiloceras curvispina, Compactoceras tenue, Compactoceras verneuili (187056) Cheiloceras subpartitum, Cheiloceras curvispina, Compactoceras verneuili (187051) Cheiloceras subpartitum, Compactoceras rotundum (187044) Cheiloceras subpartitum, Compactoceras tenue, Compactoceras pompeckji (187043) Cheiloceras subpartitum, Compactoceras verneuili (187055 187061) Cheiloceratidae indet. (187040) Cheiloceratidae indet., Cheiloceras amblylobum, Cheiloceras subpartitum, Compactoceras pompeckji, Cheiloceras sacculum (187050) Cheiloceratidae indet., Cheiloceras subpartitum, Compactoceras pompeckji, Paratorleyoceras globosum (187039) Cheiloceratidae indet., Cheiloceras subpartitum, Paratorleyoceras globosum (187063) Cheiloceratidae indet., Paratorleyoceras globosum (187052) Paratorleyoceras globosum (187038) Torleyoceras oxycantha, Cheiloceras subpartitum (187054)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland Cheiloceras curvispina, Cheiloceras verneuili (135719) Cheiloceras longilobum, Cheiloceras curvispina, Cheiloceras verneuili (135749) Cheiloceras subpartitum (135716)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland (Świętokrzyskie) Cheiloceras lagoviense (242118)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5USA (New York) Cheiloceras amblylobum (84629 136818 136819 136820 136821 136822 136823 136824 136825 136887 136889)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras ovatum (39096 65361 65387) Cheiloceras sacculus (65364) Cheiloceras sacculus, Cheiloceras ovatum, Cheiloceras schmidti (65388) Cheiloceras sp., Cheiloceras sacculus (65362 65363) Cheiloceras sp., Cheiloceras sacculus, Cheiloceras ovatum (39093) Torleyoceras sp. (39098)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Kazakhstan Cheiloceras circumflexum, Cheiloceras sp. I, Cheiloceras sp. II, Cheiloceras amblylobum, Cheiloceras verneuili (172154)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Morocco Praemeroceras dahmani (171674)
Early/Lower Famennian - Middle Famennian372.15 - 365.2Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras n. sp. (38801)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (Western Australia) Cheiloceras ovatum (39107 65107) Cheiloceras sacculus, Cheiloceras ovatum (39103) Cheiloceras sacculus, Cheiloceras schmidti (39104) Cheiloceras sp. (39108) Torleyoceras oxyacantha (65099) Torleyoceras sp. (65093 65109) Torleyoceras sp., Cheiloceras ovatum (39079) Torleyoceras sp., Cheiloceras sacculus, Cheiloceras schmidti, Torleyoceras oxyacantha (39097) Torleyoceras sp., Torleyoceras oxyacantha (39072)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Amoeboceras pinguiforme (164298) Amoeboceras salfeldi, Amoeboceras pulchrum, Amoeboceras spathi (163992) Amoeboceras salfeldi, Amoeboceras spathi (163993) Amoeboceras salfeldi, Amoeboceras subkitchini (163994) Amoeboceras spathi (164300) Amoeboceras subkitchini (163995) Amoeboceras subkitchini, Amoeboceras alticarinatum, Amoeboceras pulchrum (163996) Amoeboceras subkitchini, Amoeboceras kitchini (163997)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Russian Federation Amoebites kitchini (190891 190892) Amoebites sp. (58846 191019) Amoebites sp., Amoeboceras sp. (58845) Amoeboceras cricki (58843) Amoeboceras kitchini (58840) Amoeboceras sp. (58841) Amoeboceras sp., Amoeboceras kitchini (58837)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Russian Federation Amoebites peregrinator, Amoebites kapffi, Amoebites sp. (191017) Amoebites sp. (191018)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen Amoeboceras kitschini (212800) Amoeboceras kochi, Amoeboceras kitchini, Amoeboceras sokolovi (212945 212976) Amoeboceras salfeldi (212492) Amoeboceras sp., Amoeboceras elegans (212799) Cardioceras kitchini (212014 212015 212016 212017 212018 213103)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Russian Federation Amoebites bayi (190560) Amoebites bayi, Amoebites ernesti (190538) Amoebites bayi, Amoebites sp. (190540) Amoeboceras schulginae (190558) Amoeboceras sp. (190557 190572) Amoeboceras sp., Amoeboceras schulginae (190564)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation Amoeboceras sp. (58848) Amoeboceras sp., Amoeboceras volgae, Amoeboceras subtilicostatum (58853)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Komi) Amoeboceras postacanthophorum (164004)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Amoeboceras kitchini (58779) Amoeboceras postacanthophorum (164005) Amoeboceras sp., Amoeboceras sp. (58782) Amoeboceras uralensis, Amoeboceras kitchini, Amoeboceras sp. (58780)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Amoeboceras elegans (164304) Amoeboceras kitchini (164301) Amoeboceras sokolovi (164302)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation Amoeboceras reclinatoalternans (190665)