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Dimorphoceratoidea

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Dimorphocerataceae Hyatt
2000Dimorphocerataceae Titus p. 17
2006Dimorphocerataceae Korn
2009Dimorphoceratoidea Furnish et al. p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDimorphoceratoidea()
superfamilyDimorphoceratoidea()

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. †Dimorphoceratoidea Hyatt 1884
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Fm. †Anthracoceratidae Plummer and Scott 1937
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G. †Anthracoceras Frech 1899
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†Anthracoceras atratum Beyrich 1837
†Anthracoceras colubrellus Miller and Furnish 1940
†Anthracoceras discus Frech 1899
†Anthracoceras glabrum Bisat 1924
†Anthracoceras mooreae Currie 1954
†Anthracoceras oklahomense Miller and Owen 1939
†Anthracoceras paucilobum Phillips 1836
†Anthracoceras wanlessi Plummer and Scott 1937
G. †Anthracoceratoides Ramsbottom 1970
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†Anthracoceratoides serratoides Termier and Termier 1952
G. †Cathranoceras Nikolaeva 1990
G. †Ningxiaceras Yang 1987
G. †Sudeticeras Patteisky 1929
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†Sudeticeras adeps Moore 1950
†Sudeticeras alaskae Gordon 1957
†Sudeticeras delepinei Moore 1950
†Sudeticeras fornicum Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
†Sudeticeras grande Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
†Sudeticeras hoeferi Patteisky 1929
†Sudeticeras laevigatum Ruprecht 1937
†Sudeticeras newtonense Moore 1950
†Sudeticeras occultornatum Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
†Sudeticeras ordinatum Moore 1950
†Sudeticeras procerum Moore 1950
†Sudeticeras pusillobatum Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
†Sudeticeras regina Bisat 1952
†Sudeticeras stolbergi Patteisky 1929
†Sudeticeras subtile Moore 1950
†Sudeticeras turneri Moore and Hodson 1958
†Sudeticeras varians Bisat 1950
Invalid names: Cravenites Bisat 1950 [synonym]
Fm. †Berkhoceratidae Librovitch 1957
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G. †Kazakhoceras Ruzhencev 1947
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†Kazakhoceras bylundi Korn and Titus 2011
†Kazakhoceras hawkinsi Moore 1930
†Kazakhoceras scaliger Schmidt 1934
†Kazakhoceras yanshini Ruzhentsev 1947
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Invalid names: Berkhoceras boreale Librovitch 1957 [synonym], Kazakhoceras compressum Liang 1957 [synonym]
Invalid names: Berkhoceras Librovitch 1957 [synonym]
Fm. †Dimorphoceratidae Hyatt 1884
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Subfm. †Dimorphoceratinae Hyatt 1884
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G. †Asturoceras Ruzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1969
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†Asturoceras subdivisum Kullmann 1962
G. †Dimorphoceras Hyatt 1883
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†Dimorphoceras politum Shumard 1858
†Dimorphoceras rileyi Korn and Titus 2011
†Dimorphoceras worki Korn and Titus 2011
G. †Trizonoceras Girty 1909
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†Trizonoceras medioximum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
†Trizonoceras typicale Girty 1909
Subfm. †Glyphiolobinae Ruzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1969
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G. †Anthracoceratites Ramsbottom 1970
G. †Glyphiolobus Gordon 1964
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†Glyphiolobus edwini Miller and Furnish 1940
†Glyphiolobus humphreyi Youngquist 1949
†Glyphiolobus kenyoni Brown 1841
†Glyphiolobus latisellatus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
†Glyphiolobus lepidus Girty 1909
†Glyphiolobus lunula Kapp 1931
†Glyphiolobus marioni Moore 1939
†Glyphiolobus reliquus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
†Glyphiolobus sholakensis Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
G. †Metadimorphoceras Moore 1958
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†Metadimorphoceras mangeri Korn and Titus 2011
†Metadimorphoceras richardsi Korn and Titus 2011
G. †Paradimorphoceras Ruzhencev 1947
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†Paradimorphoceras looneyi Phillips 1836
†Paradimorphoceras moorei Hodson 1954
†Paradimorphoceras orientale Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
†Paradimorphoceras strictum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
G. †Sulcodimorphoceras Manger and Pareyn 1979
Fm. †Eogonioloboceratidae Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
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G. †Arcanoceras Ruzhencev 1965
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†Arcanoceras burmai Miller and Downs 1950
†Arcanoceras furnishi Saunders 1964
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Invalid names: Nomismoceras marshallense Gordon 1964 [synonym]
†Arcanoceras macallisteri Gordon, Jr. 1964
†Arcanoceras praecox Ruzhentsev 1966
G. †Eogonioloboceras Librovitch 1957
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†Eogonioloboceras asiaticum Librovitch 1940
†Eogonioloboceras atratum Librovitch 1940
†Eogonioloboceras complicatum de Koninck 1842
†Eogonioloboceras discoides Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
Invalid names: Eogonioloboceras (Atratoceras) Librovitch 1957 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Stenoloboceras Ruan 1981
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 Tournaisian to the top of the Westphalian or 358.86000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections (225 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Libya Anthracoceras sp. (36829)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9Czechia Dimorphoceras discrepans, Dimorphoceras lunula (38086) Dimorphoceras discrepans, Sudeticeras hoeferi, Sudeticeras turneri (38088)
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (England) Dimorphoceras leagramense (233464)
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Glyphiolobus maroni (97592 97734) Sudeticeras newtonese, Sudeticeras adeps (97579)
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Dimorphoceras sp., Sudeticeras sp., Sudeticeras newtonense, Sudeticeras ordinatum (211905) Sudeticeras newtonense, Sudeticeras ordinatum (211906)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) Dimorphoceras gilbertsoni (69304) Dimorphoceras sp. (5966)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9USA (Nevada) Kazakhoceras bylundi (134647)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9USA (Utah) Dimorphoceras rileyi (134501 134502 134505 134510 134611 134613) Dimorphoceras rileyi, Kazakhoceras bylundi (134499 134618) Dimorphoceras worki, Metadimorphoceras mangeri (134608) Kazakhoceras bylundi (134508) Metadimorphoceras mangeri (134609) Metadimorphoceras sp., Dimorphoceras rileyi, Metadimorphoceras mangeri, Kazakhoceras bylundi (134615)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Utah) Metadimorphoceras richardsi (134614)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Dimorphoceras marioni (93306) Dimorphoceras marioni, Dimorphoceras ardmorensis (93325) Sudeticeras newtonense (92596 92605 92611) Sudeticeras newtonense, Dimorphoceras marioni, Dimorphoceras varians, Dimorphoceras ardmorensis (93305) Sudeticeras sp. C (93324)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Nevada) Metadimorphoceras richardsi (134450 134451)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Dimorphoceras sp., Sudeticeras sp., Cravenites varians (8252) Sudeticeras sp. (5968)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Arkansas) Paradimorphoceras sp. (157838 157864 157865) Sudeticeras sp. (157863)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Morocco Dimorphoceratidae indet. (61443) Sudeticeras fornicum (157738 157739 157744) Sudeticeras pusillobatum (61439 157741) Sudeticeras pusillobatum, Sudeticeras occultornatum (157742 157743 157749) Sudeticeras sp. (61438 177537)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Kazakhstan Arcanoceras burmai (166871 166872) Paradimorphoceras orientale, Kazakhoceras hawkinsi (166869) Trizonoceras medioximum, Kazakhoceras hawkinsi, Arcanoceras burmai (166868)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Nevada) Dimorphoceras sp. (12781)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Trizonoceras lepidum, Trizonoceras typicale (584)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (England) Dimorphoceras sp. (8253)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Arkansas) Nomismoceras marshallense, Paradimorphoceras sp. (157685) Paradimorphoceras sp. (157680 157683 157684 157953 157954) Paradimorphoceras sp., Paradimorphoceras sp. (84404)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Russian Federation (Orenburg) Sudeticeras grande (166939 166944)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Kazakhstan Kazakhoceras hawkinsi (8421 166876 166880 166889 166890 166891 166895 166964 166965) Kazakhoceras hawkinsi, Arcanoceras burmai (166881) Sudeticeras grande, Kazakhoceras hawkinsi (166866 166878 166879 166884 166894) Sudeticeras grande, Kazakhoceras hawkinsi, Arcanoceras burmai (166882) Sudeticeras grande, Paradimorphoceras orientale, Kazakhoceras hawkinsi (166886) Sudeticeras grande, Trizonoceras medioximum, Paradimorphoceras orientale, Arcanoceras burmai (166874) Sudeticeras grande, Trizonoceras medioximum, Paradimorphoceras orientale, Kazakhoceras hawkinsi (166885) Sudeticeras grande, Trizonoceras medioximum, Paradimorphoceras orientale, Kazakhoceras hawkinsi, Arcanoceras burmai (166865) Sudeticeras varians (166955 166956 166959 166961 166962 166963 166966 166969 166970) Sudeticeras varians, Kazakhoceras hawkinsi (166957 166958) Trizonoceras medioximum, Glyphiolobus latisellatus, Paradimorphoceras orientale, Kazakhoceras hawkinsi (166873) Trizonoceras medioximum, Kazakhoceras hawkinsi (166887 166888) Trizonoceras medioximum, Kazakhoceras hawkinsi, Arcanoceras burmai (166875)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Arkansas) Anthracoceras paucilobum (5517 5518)
Namurian330.3 - 318.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Anthracoceras glabrum (93316)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Arkansas) Anthracoceras paucilobum (157948 157960 157961 157987 157997 157998 157999 158000 158001)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Paradimorphoceras strictum, Arcanoceras burmai (166954)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6France Dimorphoceras sp. (580)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Kazakhstan Arcanoceras burmai (166863)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (California) Anthracoceras macallisteri (217143)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) Arcanoceras burmai (166934) Eogonioloboceras discoides (166932)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Anthracoceras discus (93322) Anthracoceras glabrum (92590 92592 93317 97670) Anthracoceras glabrum, Anthracoceras paucilobum (93311 93315) Anthracoceras glabrum, Anthracoceras paucilobum, Anthracoceras mooreae (93308 93313 93314) Anthracoceras paucilobum (93312 93318 93320) Anthracoceras paucilobum, Anthracoceras mooreae (93319)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6United Kingdom (England) Anthracoceras glabrum (67683) Anthracoceras paucilobum (8259 8436 8444 8450 8453 8454 8458 8470 8471 8472) Anthracoceras sp. (8256 8258 8423 8428 8434 8435 8438 8442 8447 8448 8618 8619 8621 8625) Anthracoceras sp., Anthracoceras paucilobum (8446) Anthracoceras sp., Asturoceras romanum, Metadimorphoceras saleswheelense (8212) Anthracoceras sp., Dimorphoceras sp., Anthracoceras paucilobum (8449) Anthracoceras sp., Dimorphoceratidae indet., Kazakhoceras scaliger (8620) Dimorphoceras sp. (8463) Dimorphoceras sp., Anthracoceras paucilobum (8254 8255 8257 8456 8457 8459 8460 8461 8465 8466) Metadimorphoceras saleswheelense (8617)
Chokierian323.6 - 322.8Russian Federation Glyphiolobus sp. (67728)
Chokierian323.6 - 322.8Kazakhstan Glyphiolobus sholakensis (67716)
Chokierian - Bashkirian323.6 - 315.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Anthracoceras paucilobum (93321)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Anthracoceratoides serratoides (79329)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Metadimorphoceras subdivisum (43100) Paradimorphoceras sp. (43101)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Ukraine Anthracoceratites sp. (228669)
Alportian322.8 - 321.8Russian Federation Glyphiolobus sholakensis (67719 67743) Paradimorphoceras sp., Glyphiolobus sholakensis (67770)
Alportian322.8 - 321.8Tajikistan Glyphiolobus sholakensis (68257) Paradimorphoceras sp. (68258)
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3Uzbekistan Glyphiolobus sp., Paradimorphoceras sp. (68200) Paradimorphoceras sp. (68195 68198)
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3United Kingdom (England) Anthracoceras sp. (8263 8266)
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3Russian Federation Glyphiolobus sp. (67732) Paradimorphoceras sp. (67749)
Marsdenian321.3 - 320.0Russian Federation Glyphiolobus sp. (67773) Paradimorphoceras sp. (67772 68194)
Marsdenian321.3 - 320.0United Kingdom (England) Anthracoceras sp., Dimorphoceras sp. (8268)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7Russian Federation Anthracoceratites sp., Glyphiolobus reliquus (67722)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7United Kingdom (England) Anthracoceratites sp. (41198 41208 41221 41222 41223 41224 41225 41238 41259) Dimorphoceras sp. (8270)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7China (Ningxia) Anthracoceratites sp. (220776)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7Uzbekistan Anthracoceratites sp. (68206 68211) Glyphiolobus sp. (68204 68205 68208) Glyphiolobus sp., Paradimorphoceras sp. (38723)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4United Kingdom (England) Dimorphoceras sp. (162355)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) Anthracoceras oklahomense (170344)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Dimorphoceras politum (170340 170341 170342 170346 170349 170358)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) Anthracoceras wanlessi (131558)