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Ophiceratidae

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Ophiceratidae Arthaber
1934Ophiceratidae Spath
1994Ophiceratidae Tozer p. 55
2009Ophiceratidae Shigeta and Zakharov p. 67
2016Ophiceratidae Tongtherm et al.
2018Ophiceratidae Ware and Bucher

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMeekocerataceaeWaagen 1895
familyOphiceratidaeArthaber 1911
familyOphiceratidaeArthaber 1911

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.

Fm. †Ophiceratidae Arthaber 1911
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G. †Ghazalaites Ware and Bucher 2018
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†Ghazalaites roohiae Ware and Bucher 2018
G. †Kyoktites Ware and Bucher 2018
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†Kyoktites hebeiseni Ware and Bucher 2018
†Kyoktites kyokticum Krafft 1909
G. †Ophiceras Griesbach 1880
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†Ophiceras bilotense Reed 1944
†Ophiceras commune Spath 1930
†Ophiceras connectens Schindewolf 1954
†Ophiceras crassecostatum Welter 1922
†Ophiceras dharma Diener 1897
†Ophiceras gibbosum Griesbach 1880
†Ophiceras medium Griesbach 1880
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Invalid names: Ophiceras chamunda Diener 1897 [synonym], Ophiceras platyspira Diener 1897 [synonym], Ophiceras ptychodes Diener 1897 [synonym], Ophiceras sakuntala Diener 1897 [synonym], Ophiceras tingi Tien 1933 [synonym]
†Ophiceras stricturatum Frech 1905
†Ophiceras subsakuntala Spath 1935
†Ophiceras tibeticum Griesbach 1880
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Invalid names: Ophiceras serpentinum Diener 1897 [synonym]
†Ophiceras transitorium Spath 1930
Invalid names: Acanthophiceras Diener 1916 [synonym]
G. †Protophiceras Hyatt 1900
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†Protophiceras nicolai Diener 1895
G. †Shangganites Brühwiler et al. 2008
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†Shangganites shangganense Brühwiler et al. 2008
G. †Vishnuites Diener 1897
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†Vishnuites kummeli Tozer 1994
†Vishnuites pralambha Diener 1897
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Invalid names: Pseudovishnuites guidingensis Zakharov and Mu 2007 [synonym], Vishnuites huazhongensis Xu 1988 [synonym], Vishnuites lichuanensis Xu 1988 [synonym], Vishnuites marginalis Chao 1959 [synonym], Vishnuites orientalis Xu 1988 [synonym], Vishnuites wenjiangsiensis Zakharov and Mu 2007 [synonym], Vishnuites yangziensis Xu 1988 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pseudovishnuites Zakharov and Mu 2007 [synonym]
G. †Wordieoceras Tozer 1971
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†Wordieoceras mullenae Jenks et al. 2021
†Wordieoceras wordiei Spath 1930
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Invalid names: Vishnuites decipiens Spath 1930 [synonym], Vishnuites domokhotovi Zakharov and Rybalka 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Smithian or 259.51000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (450 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Ophiceras bilotense (126459)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Pakistan (Punjab) Ophiceras connectens (41559)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Nevada) Ophiceratidae indet. (96954) Wordieoceras wordiei, Kyoktites hebeiseni, Wordieoceras mullenae (220329) Wordieoceras wordiei, Wordieoceras mullenae (238989)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Fujian) Lytophiceras sp. (148558) Ophiceras sp., Lytophiceras sp. (148557)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5India (Kashmir) Lytophiceras demissum, Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras serpentinum (48915) Lytophiceras ptychodes (215002) Lytophiceras sakuntala (48914) Ophiceras ptychodes (214659) Ophiceras sakuntala (131943) Ophiceras sp. (131952 214658) Ophiceras sp., Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras serpentinum (131954)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Azerbaijan Ophiceras medium (110605 110710 110724 110733) Ophiceras sp. (110606 110639 110661 110699 110708 110709 110721 110732) Ophiceratidae indet. (110722 110723)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guangxi) Ophiceras sp. (96695 104966 149202)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Ophiceras transitorium (48481) Wordieoceras decipiens, Ophiceras transitorium (48472) Wordieoceras sp., Wordieoceras decipiens (48489)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Australia (Western Australia) Discophiceras wordiei (48611)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Zhejiang) Lytophiceras sp., O. sp. (48909) Ophiceras sp. (111653 111655) Ophiceras sp., Lytophiceras sp. (111657) Ophiceras sp., Lytophiceras spp. (43790) Ophiceras spp., Lytophiceras sp. (105222) Ophiceratidae indet. (48900)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Pakistan Ophiceras connectens (95275 95276 110935 110941) Ophiceras sp. (110932 110944 110945 110947 110949 110951 110954 110955)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Iran Ophiceras sp. (112961) Ophiceras sp., Vishnuites pralambha, Acanthophiceras golshanii (112963) Ophiceratidae indet. (112956 112959 112967 112973)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen Ophiceras sp. (212073) Ophiceras spathi, Ophiceras kochi, Ophiceras compressum, Ophiceras poulseni, Paravishnuites paradigma, Paravishnuites oxynotus (212072) Ophiceras subkyticum (212783)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya, Edgeøya, and Hopen (Svalbard) ) Ophiceras sp. (212898)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Discophiceras wordiei (48046 48048 48122) Discophiceras wordiei, Discophiceras kochi (112739) Ophiceras commune (48065 112724 112737 112740 112747 118619 118641 118662 118698 118745) Ophiceras commune, Discophiceras wordiei, Discophiceras subkyokticum (112729) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras chamunda, Ophiceras ptychodes (118744) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras compressum, Ophiceras wordiei (118683) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras compressum, Ophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras subkyokticum (118618) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras kilenense, Ophiceras ptychodes (118625) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras kilenense, Ophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras subkyokticum (118663) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras subsakuntala (48060 118642 118694 118695 118743 118754) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Discophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras evolutum (48114) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Ophiceras subkyokticum (118638) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Ophiceras wordiei (118753) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras wordiei (118552) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras chamunda (118702) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras poulseni (118651) Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras subkyokticum (118578 118746) Ophiceras compressum (118558 118691 118731) Ophiceras gibbosum, Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Discophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras kochi, Ophiceras chamunda (48113) Ophiceras greenlandicum (118755 118761) Ophiceras greenlandicum, Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Ophiceras kochi, Ophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras subkyokticum, Vishnuites striatus (118617) Ophiceras kilenense (118762) Ophiceras poulseni (118771) Ophiceras sp. (48042 48050 48051 118637) Ophiceras sp. juv. (118560) Ophiceras sp. juv., Ophiceras kilenense, Ophiceras subkyokticum (118653) Ophiceras sp. nov., Ophiceras ultimum (118542) Ophiceras sp., Ophiceras commune (118559) Ophiceras sp., Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras ligatum (48045) Ophiceras sp., Ophiceras ultimum (118668) Ophiceras sp., Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras subsakuntala (118624) Ophiceras spathi, Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras subsakuntala (48061) Ophiceras spathi, Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Discophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras poulseni, Paravishnuites paradigma (48059) Ophiceras spathi, Ophiceras commune, Paravishnuites paradigma (48064) Ophiceras spathi, Ophiceras compressum (48037) Ophiceras spp. (118688 118707 118709) Ophiceras spp., Ophiceras commune (118595 118689) Ophiceras spp., Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras kochi, Ophiceras compressum (118524) Ophiceras spp., Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Ophiceras kochi, Ophiceras wordiei (118525) Ophiceras subsakuntala (48115 118502 118636 118693) Ophiceras transitorium (118572 118599 118602 118675 118686 118687) Ophiceras transitorium, Ophiceras ultimum (118609) Ophiceras ultimum (118503 118519 118536 118540 118541 118543 118544 118570 118603 118622 118630 118658 118659 118677 118774) Ophiceras ultimum, Ophiceras leptodiscus (118545) Ophiceras ultimum, Ophiceras vishnuoides, Ophiceras leptodiscus (118506) Ophiceras vishnuoides (118535 118575) Ophiceras wordiei (118661 118710 118768) Ophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras compressum (118509) Ophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras subkyokticum (118747) Vishnuites decipiens (118527 118528 118537 118549 118551 118553 118597 118598 118600 118623 118645 118646 118647 118655 118666 118674 118676) Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras chamunda (118690) Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras commune (118607) Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras kilenense (118672) Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Ophiceras kilenense (118664) Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras transitorium (118530 118556 118620 118650 118703 118756) Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras transitorium, Ophiceras kilenense, Ophiceras ultimum (118665) Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras transitorium, Ophiceras ultimum (118606 118608 118614) Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras transitorium, Ophiceras ultimum, Ophiceras vishnuoides (118520) Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras transitorium, Ophiceras vishnuoides (118534) Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras ultimum (118548 118610 118628) Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras vishnuoides (118613) Vishnuites oxynotus, Vishnuites striatus (118692) Vishnuites sp. (118491 118507) Vishnuites sp., Ophiceras transitorium (118504) Vishnuites sp., Vishnuites decipiens (118555) Vishnuites spp. (118547) Vishnuites spp., Ophiceras transitorium (118627) Vishnuites striatus (118682) Vishnuites wordiei (118717) Vishnuites wordiei, Vishnuites decipiens (118550 118669 118673 118697 118704) Vishnuites wordiei, Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras transitorium (118626 118632 118685) Vishnuites wordiei, Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras transitorium, Ophiceras ultimum (118631) Vishnuites wordiei, Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras transitorium, Ophiceras vishnuoides, Ophiceras subgibbosum (118712) Vishnuites wordiei, Vishnuites decipiens, Ophiceras ultimum (118713) Wordieoceras decipiens, Ophiceras commune, Discophiceras wordiei, Discophiceras kochi, Discophiceras subkyokticum, Ophiceras poulseni (112751) Wordieoceras decipiens, Ophiceras greenlandicum, Ophiceras commune, Discophiceras wordiei, Discophiceras kochi, Discophiceras subkyokticum, Ophiceras poulseni (112758) Wordieoceras sp. (112718 112728 112750) Wordieoceras sp., Wordieoceras wordiei, Wordieoceras decipiens (112722 112756) Wordieoceras wordiei, Ophiceras commune, Discophiceras wordiei, Discophiceras kochi, Discophiceras subkyokticum, Vishnuites oxynotus (112746) Wordieoceras wordiei, Ophiceras greenlandicum, Ophiceras commune, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Discophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras transitorium (48121)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Montana) Ophiceras subkyokticum (203172)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Xizang) Discophiceras wordiei, Ophiceras tibeticum (189586) Ophiceras gibbosum, Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras medium (229693) Ophiceras medium (229688 229689 229690 229694 229726 229776 229777 229778) Ophiceras sp. (189585) Ophiceras sp. nov., Ophiceras gibbosum, Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras medium (229692) Ophiceras sp. nov., Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras medium (229691) Ophiceras tibeticum (189587) Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras medium (229779)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Shaanxi) Ophiceras sp. (148515 149066 149072) Ophiceras sp., Lytophiceras sp. (149071)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) Ophiceras sinense (48946) Ophiceras sp., Lytophiceras sp. (149077)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Chongqing) Ophiceras sp. (148535 149134) Ophiceratidae indet. (117515)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Oman Discophiceras sp. (214532) Discophiceras sp., Ophiceras sakuntala (44804) Ophiceras sp. (44774 44776 44778 44781 44784 214529 214530 214533) Ophiceras sp., Ophiceras sakuntala (44788 44792 44795 44801)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation Lytophiceras eusakuntaka (221137) Lytophiceras sp. (90201 90204 90206) Ophiceras commune (107123) Ophiceras sp. (214748) Ophiceras sp., Wordieoceras domokhotovi, Ophiceras transitorium (187169) Vishnuites decipiens (127724) Wordieoceras decipiens (107046) Wordieoceras sp. (187165) Wordieoceras wordiei (90207)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Armenia Lytophiceras sp. (48963) Ophiceras medium (110759 110760) Ophiceras sp. (110761 110779 110780 110781 110790) Ophiceratidae indet. (110796)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Thailand Ophiceras subkyokticum, Ophiceras sakuntala, Ophiceras chamunda (97003)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Anhui) Lytophiceras sp. (149193 149195 149196) Ophiceras sp. (109790 149197) Ophiceras sp., Lytophiceras sp. (149194)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Lytophiceras sp. (151128) Ophiceras medium (198877 198879 198880 198881 198885 198886) Ophiceras sinense, Ophiceras tingi (151143) Ophiceras sp. (111985 149285 149303 151114 151115 151116 151119 151121 198887 205960) Ophiceras sp., Lytophiceras sp. (149304 149305 151112 151113 151129) Ophiceras sp., Lytophiceras sp., Lytophiceras chamunda (151118) Ophiceras sp., Vishnuites pralambha (198888) Ophiceras tingi (151139) Ophiceratidae indet., Ophiceras medium (198878 198882) Ophiceratidae indet., Vishnuites pralambha, Ophiceras medium (198883) Vishnuites pralambha (104961 198884) Vishnuites wenjiangsiensis, Pseudovishnuites guidingensis (113866) Vishnuites yangziensis, Vishnuites wenjiangsiensis, Pseudovishnuites guidingensis (113871)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China Ophiceras sp. (195897 195901 195902)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5India Ophiceras chamunda (44025) Ophiceras sakuntala, Ophiceras chamunda, Ophiceras dharma (85463) Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras chamunda (44019) Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras medium, Ophiceras serpentinum, Ophiceras platyspira, Ophiceras sakuntala, Ophiceras chamunda (44026) Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras sakuntala (44017 44018 44021) Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras serpentinum, Ophiceras chamunda (44024) Trachyceras gibbosum, Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras medium (110990) Vishnuites pralambha, Ophiceras gibbosum, Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras medium, Ophiceras serpentinum, Ophiceras platyspira, Ophiceras sakuntala, Ophiceras ptychodes, Ophiceras chamunda (44028) Xenaspis carbonaria (230701)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Alaska) Ophiceras greenlandicum, Ophiceras commune (61954)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Canada (Nunavut) Discophiceras wordiei (47965) Ophiceras commune (43852 43854 47951 47962) Ophiceras greenlandicum (47961) Ophiceras subsakuntala (47963 47964) Vishnuites kummeli (47937) Wordieoceras wordiei (47932 47943 47954 47966 47972 47974 47977 47978) Wordieoceras wordiei, Ophiceras greenlandicum, Ophiceras subsakuntala, Discophiceras wordiei (47923)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Pakistan (Punjab) Ophiceras connectens (217478)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Hubei) Lytophiceras sp. (149221) Ophiceras sp. (95723 109792 149219 149222 149223 204851 204852 204856 204857 204859 204861 204862 218262 218264 218265 218267) Ophiceras sp., Lytophiceras sp. (149220) Vishnuites pralambha (204866 204867 204869 204871) Vishnuites pralambha, Shangganites sp. (204877)
Griesbachian - Dienerian251.902 - 249.9India (Kashmir) Ophiceras sp. (50057)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Ophiceras sp. (212933 212966)
Induan251.902 - 249.9India (Kashmir) Acanthophiceras gibbosum, Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras serpentinum (215001)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Vietnam Ophiceras commune (44783)
Induan251.902 - 249.9China (Anhui) Lytophiceras sp. (95654)
Induan251.902 - 249.9India Ophiceras dharma (211001) Ophiceras tibeticum, Ophiceras serpentinum (210992)
Griesbachian - Smithian251.902 - 248.1China (Qinghai) Acanthophiceras gibbosum, Vishnuites decipiens (103160)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Greenland Ophiceras greenlandicum, Ophiceras transitorium (48120)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7USA (Nevada) Ophiceras sakuntala (33313)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7China (Anhui) Ophiceras sp. (109791)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7Myanmar (Shan) Ophiceras sp., Vishnuites sp. (44822)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Xizang) Ghazalaites roohii (229697 229729 229781 229782 229783) Kyoktites hebeiseni (229696) Kyoktites sp., Kyoktites hebeiseni, Ghazalaites roohii (229695)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan (Punjab) Ghazalaites roohii (217480 217481 217501 217508) Kyoktites hebeiseni, Ghazalaites roohii (217500) Ophiceras connectens (217493) Ophiceratidae indet., Ophiceras sakuntala, Kyoktites hebeiseni (217479)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9India (Himachal Pradesh) Ghazalaites roohii (217561 217562 217563 217564 217572 217573 217581 217583 217590)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation (Primorye) Lytophiceras eusacuntala (47262) Lytophiceras eusakuntala (47225)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Guangxi) Shangganites shangganense (104967 104970) Vishnuites pralambha (104964 104965)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Greenland Ophiceras sp. (196948)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation Ophiceras sp. (127715) Vishnuites sp. (90211)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9USA (Nevada) Ghazalaites roohiae (238993)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Madagascar (Diana) Koninckites kyokticus (153773)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Hubei) Lytophiceras leptodiscus, Vishnuites huazhongensis, Vishnuites lichuanensis, Vishnuites marginalis, Vishnuites orientalis, Vishnuites yangziensis, Gyrophiceras plicatum (95717) Vishnuites pralambha (218270 218271 218272 218274)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan Lytophiceras sp. (102316)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9India (Kashmir) Vishnuites sp., Vishnuites pralambha (115378)
Dienerian - Spathian250.5 - 246.7China Vishnuites marginalis (44006)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Guangxi) Ophiceras sp. (44016)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Indonesia Ophiceras crassecostatum (205639) Ophiceras gibbosum, Ophiceras crassecostatum (204267)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Indonesia (Timor) Ophiceras crassecostatum (205641)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (California) Ophiceras involutum (33298)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Japan Ophiceras sp. (115244)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Indonesia Ophiceras sakuntala (204264)
Olenekian - Anisian249.9 - 241.464Thailand Ophiceras connectens (211353)