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Echioceratidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Echioceratidae Buckman
1998Echioceratidae Blau p. 205
2000Echioceratidae Blau et al. p. 261
2003Echioceratidae Meister and Friebe
2007Echioceratidae Geczy and Meister
2008Echioceratidae Blau et al. p. 405
2013Echioceratidae Howarth p. 28
2018Echioceratidae Lukeneder and Lukeneder p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyEchioceratidaeBuckman 1913
familyEchioceratidaeBuckman 1913

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. †Echioceratidae Buckman 1913
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G. †Echioceras Bayle 1878
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†Echioceras carusense d'Orbigny 1844
†Echioceras delicatum Buckman 1914
†Echioceras intermedium Trueman and Williams 1925
†Echioceras microdiscus Quenstedt 1884
†Echioceras natrix von Schlotheim 1820
†Echioceras quenstedti Schafhautl 1847
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Invalid names: Echioceras aeneum Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym], Echioceras rhodanicum Buckman 1914 [synonym], Pleurechioceras typicum Buckman 1927 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Echioceras fulgidum Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym], Echioceras sparsicostatum Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym]
†Echioceras raricostatum Zieten 1831
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Invalid names: Echioceras crassicostatum Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym], Echioceras inflatum Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ophioceras Hyatt 1867 [replaced], Pleurechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym]
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†Gagaticeras coynarti d'Orbigny 1843
Invalid names: Parechioceras Buckman 1914 [synonym]
G. †Leptechioceras Buckman 1923
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Subg. †Leptechioceras (Leptechioceras) Buckman 1923
†Leptechioceras macdonnelli Portlock 1843
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Invalid names: Leptechioceras hugi Buckman 1914 [synonym]
†Leptechioceras nodotianum d'Orbigny 1844
†Leptechioceras subplicatum Trueman and Williams 1925
Invalid names: Psilechioceras Erben 1956 [synonym]
G. †Orthechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925
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†Orthechioceras edmundi Dumortier 1867
†Orthechioceras viticola Dumortier 1867
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Invalid names: Turrilites boblayei d'Orbigny 1843 [synonym]
Invalid names: Homechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym]
G. †Palaeoechioceras Spath 1929
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†Palaeoechioceras spirale Trueman and Williams 1927
†Palaeoechioceras suemegensis Geczy and Meister 2007
Invalid names: Hypechioceras Spath 1956 [synonym], Protechioceras Trueman and Williams 1927 [replaced]
G. †Paltechioceras Buckman 1924
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†Paltechioceras anomalum Sun et al. 1980
†Paltechioceras aureolum Simpson 1855
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Invalid names: Echioceras regustatum Buckman 1914 [synonym]
†Paltechioceras charpentieri Schafhautl 1847
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Invalid names: Leptechioceras scoticum Buckman 1914 [synonym]
†Paltechioceras elicitum Buckman 1924
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Invalid names: Euechioceras oosteriforme Erben 1956 [synonym]
†Paltechioceras flexicostatum Trueman and Williams 1925
†Paltechioceras nobile Trueman and Williams 1925
†Paltechioceras oosteri Dumortier 1869
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Invalid names: Arietites studeri Hug 1899 [synonym], Euechioceras angustilobatum Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym], Kamptechioceras variabile Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym], Paltechioceras ebriolum Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym]
†Paltechioceras ophioides d'Orbigny 1844
†Paltechioceras recticostatum Trueman and Williams 1925
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Invalid names: Vermiceras prolaquense Fucini 1911 [replaced]
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Invalid names: Arietites boesei Uhlig 1900 [synonym], Arietites herbichi Uhlig 1900 [synonym], Arietites orientale Pia 1913 [synonym], Arietites waehneri Uhlig 1900 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Caloceras aplanatum Hyatt 1889 [synonym], Euechioceras insigne Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym], Plesechioceras typus Buckman 1927 [synonym]
Invalid names: Echioceratoides [synonym], Epechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym], Euechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym], Kamptechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym], Metechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym], Paltechioceras romanicum anatolicum Bremer 1965 [synonym], Stenechioceras Buckman 1927 [synonym], Vobstericeras Trueman and Williams 1925 [synonym]
G. †Plesechioceras Trueman and Williams 1925
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†Plesechioceras doricum Savi and Meneghini 1853
†Plesechioceras pierrei Spath 1956
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 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Obtusum to the top of the Ibex or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (317 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Romania Echioceras raricostatoides (219456)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (Yukon) Echioceras sp. (53613)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) Paltechioceras harbledownense (199620 199709)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany Gagaticeras neglectum (28890)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Hong Kong Echioceras sp. (137807)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9China (Guangdong) Paltechioceras anomalum (150444)
Early/Lower Sinemurian - Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Mexico (Hidalgo) Orthechioceras jamesdanae (208370) Plesechioceras cihuacoatlae, Plesechioceras domeykoense, Plesechioceras sp., Paltechioceras tardecrescens (208369)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Austria (Upper Austria) Echioceras quenstedti (198634) Echioceras raricostatoides (198633) Leptechioceras macdonnelli (198627) Leptechioceras meigeni (198629) Leptechioceras meigeni, Leptechioceras macdonnelli (198628) Paltechioceras boehmi (198631 198632) Paltechioceras boehmi, Leptechioceras meigeni, Paltechioceras oosteri (198626)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Mexico (Sonora) E. sp. (208276) Paltechioceras harbledownense, Palaeoechioceras sp., Paltechioceras boehmi (208257) Paltechioceras sp. (208248)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Austria Paltechioceras charpentieri (218931) Paltechioceras favrei (218901 218928)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Mexico (Hidalgo) Orthechioceras incaguasiense, Orthechioceras jamesdanae, Orthechioceras pauper, Orthechioceras sp. (208374) Orthechioceras jamesdanae (208516 208535 208546 208547) Orthechioceras jamesdanae, Paltechioceras rothpletzi (208373) Orthechioceras obliquecostatum (208517 208545) Orthechioceras pauper, Orthechioceras incaguasiense (208536) Paltechioceras burckhardti (208515) Paltechioceras harbledownense (208532) Paltechioceras harbledownense, Orthechioceras jamesdanae, Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Paltechioceras rothpletzi (208371) Paltechioceras latesellum (208548) Paltechioceras mexicanum (208375) Paltechioceras rothpletzi (208372) Paltechioceras sp. (208533) Paltechioceras tardecrescens (208514 208530 208549) Plesechioceras cihuacoatlae, Plesechioceras domeykoense (208540)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9France Echioceratidae indet. (148131) Paltechioceras tardecrescens (199713 199720)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Paltechioceras aplanatum, Paltechioceras boehmi (208349) Paltechioceras boehmi (208348 208350) Paltechioceras harbledownense (199695) Paltechioceras harbledownensis (53200) Paltechioceras sp. (208351) Paltechioceras sp., Paltechioceras romanicum (53653) Paltechioceras spp. (199698 199699 199705 199706) Plesechioceras harbledownense (198428) Plesechioceras yakounense (53652) Plesechioceras yakounense, Plesechioceras sp. (53651)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany Paltechioceras sp., Leptechioceras meigeni, Echioceras raricostatoides (189220)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Leptechioceras sp., Echioceras aeneum, Echioceras raricostatoides (204131) Paltechioceras sp., Metechioceras sp. (204130)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Gagaticeras sp., Echioceratidae indet. (219469) Neomicroceras sp., Paltechioceras sp., Leptechioceras macdonnelli, Echioceras quenstedti, Echioceras raricostatoides (219470)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile Paltechioceras sp. (209249 209250)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco Palaeoechioceras pierrei (200508 200513 200515) Palaeoechioceras pierrei, Plesechioceras delicatum (200610 200611) Palaeoechioceras sp. (200474 200475 200582) Paltechioceras boehmi (200586) Paltechioceras herbici (206531) Paltechioceras romanicum, Paltechioceras tardecrescens (200605) Paltechioceras romanicum, Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Paltechioceras rothpletzi (200606) Paltechioceras rothpletzi (200541 200591 200596 200601 200616) Paltechioceras sp. (200530 200542 200545 200546 203713 206515 206516 206517 206518 206519 206520 206521 206523 206524 206525 206526 206527 206528 206529 206530 206533) Paltechioceras sp., Paltechioceras rothpletzi (200544 200548 200620) Paltechioceras sp., Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Paltechioceras rothpletzi (200552) Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Paltechioceras rothpletzi (200617 200618 200619) Plesechioceras delicatum (200538 200550) Plesechioceras delicatum, Paltechioceras boehmi (200585) Plesechioceras delicatum, Paltechioceras boehmi, Plesechioceras edmundi (200587) Plesechioceras edmundi (200531) Plesechioceras hierlatzicum (200520 200604) Plesechioceras hierlatzicum, Plesechioceras delicatum, Paltechioceras rothpletzi (200597)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Italy Orthechioceras radiatum (175938)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Ukraine (Transcarpathian) Echioceras raricostatum, Echioceras quenstedti, Echioceras raricostatoides (197005) Echioceras sp. (197220) Paltechioceras boehmi, Ortechioceras recticostatum (196964)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Slovakia Paltechioceras boehmi (218336) Paltechioceras tardecrescens (195486)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Protechioceras formosum (78209)
Obtusum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary Plesechioceras doricum (78796)
Obtusum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Paltechioceras charpentieri (78285) Plesechioceras delicatum, Plesechioceras doricum (78410)
Oxynotum199.5 - 192.9Tunisia Plesechioceras delicatum (170505) Plesechioceras edmundi (170512)
Oxynotum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Palaeoechioceras spirale (159471 159472 159473 159474 159476)
Oxynotum199.5 - 192.9Ukraine (Crimea) Plesechioceras pierrei, Orthechioceras edmundi (230734)
Oxynotum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary Plesechioceras sp., Plesechioceras doricum, Paltechioceras liciense (78794)
Oxynotum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Palaeoechioceras suemegensis, Plesechioceras delicatum (81576) Paltechioceras boehmi-favrei, Paltechioceras tardecescens, Plesechioceras sp., Paltechioceras charpentieri (78352) Plesechioceras delicatum (78408)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Türkiye Echioceras sp. (147341) Echioceratidae indet. (147342) Paltechioceras romanicum (147281 147285 147329 147343)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Ukraine (Crimea) Paltechioceras romanicum, Paltechioceras recticostatum, Paltechioceras aureolum, Paltechioceras oosteri, Echioceras raricostatoides (230735)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Palaeoechioceras spirale (159479) Palaeoechioceras typus, Palaeoechioceras spirale (159478)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Portugal Paltechioceras elicitum (237712 237715) Paltechioceras oosteri (237720) Paltechioceras romanicum (237690 237691 237692 237694 237719 237721 237722 237723 237724 237726) Paltechioceras romanicum, Paltechioceras elicitum (159044 237716 237717) Paltechioceras romanicum, Paltechioceras oosteri (237736) Paltechioceras sp. (237689) Paltechioceras sp., Paltechioceras elicitum, Paltechioceras oosteri (237686 237718) Paltechioceras sp., Paltechioceras oosteri (237734) Paltechioceras sp., Paltechioceras romanicum, Paltechioceras recticostatum, Paltechioceras elicitum (237688) Paltechioceras sp., Paltechioceras tardecrescens (237681 237733) Paltechioceras sp., Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Paltechioceras elicitum, Paltechioceras oosteri (237685 237713 237714) Paltechioceras sp., Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Paltechioceras recticostatum (237706) Paltechioceras tardecrescens (237682 237683 237684 237699 237700 237701 237702 237703 237704 237705 237709 237710 237732) Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Paltechioceras recticostatum, Paltechioceras oosteri (237735)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Tunisia Paltechioceras tardecrescens (170513)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Iran Paltechioceras oosteri (196952)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Austria Echioceras quenstedti (189149) Echioceras raricostatoides (189150 189219) Echioceras sp., Echioceras raricostatoides (189204) Echioceratidae indet. (189163 189167 189168) Echioceratidae indet., Leptechioceras meigeni (189171 189172) Echioceratidae indet., Leptechioceras meigeni, Paltechioceras meisteri (189174) Echioceratidae indet., Paltechioceras boehmi (189208) Echioceratidae indet., Paltechioceras charpentieri (189162 189164 189165 189166 189169) Echioceratidae indet., Paltechioceras charpentieri, Leptechioceras meigeni (189170) Echioceratidae indet., Paltechioceras favrei (189210) Echioceratidae indet., Paltechioceras liciense, Paltechioceras favrei (189159) Leptechioceras meigeni (189173 189183 189184 189185 189186 189201 189214) Leptechioceras meigeni, Leptechioceras macdonnelli (189191) Leptechioceras sp. (189182) Leptechioceras sp. 1, Echioceratidae indet., Paltechioceras favrei (189209) Leptechioceras sp., Leptechioceras meigeni (189187 189188 189213 189216) Leptechioceras sp., Leptechioceras meigeni, Leptechioceras macdonnelli (189189 189192 189215) Leptechioceras sp., Paltechioceras liciense, Leptechioceras meigeni, Leptechioceras macdonnelli (189217) Paltechioceras boehmi (189151 189154 189205 189206 189207) Paltechioceras boehmi, Paltechioceras favrei (189155) Paltechioceras favrei (189156 189157 189158 189211 189212) Paltechioceras sp. (189152 189153 189197) Paltechioceras sp. 1, Paltechioceras sp., Echioceratidae indet., Paltechioceras liciense (189160) Paltechioceras sp., Paltechioceras romanicum, Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Paltechioceras oosteri (189200) Paltechioceras sp., Paltechioceras tardecrescens (189193) Paltechioceras tardecrescens (189194 189195 189198 189199) Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Paltechioceras oosteri (189196)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Mexico (Puebla) Paltechioceras mexicanum, Paltechioceras burckhardti (138326)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary Paltechioceras charpentieri (78785) Paltechioceras tardecescens, Paltechioceras romanicum (78782 78784)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9France Paltechioceras tardecrescens (159078)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Spain Leptechioceras sp., Echioceratidae indet., Paltechioceras tardecrescens (133576) Paltechioceras recticostatum (237673 237679) Paltechioceras romanicum (237670) Paltechioceras sp., Paltechioceras recticostatum, Paltechioceras oosteri (237680) Paltechioceras tardecrescens (202206 237674 237675 237676 237678) Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Paltechioceras oosteri (237671 237677)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Germany Echioceras raricostatum (189118) Leptechioceras meigeni, Leptechioceras macdonnelli (189119) Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Paltechioceras oosteri (189120)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Echioceras pauli, Echioceras raricostatum (33370) Echioceras raricostatum (33368) Paltechioceras boehmi, Leptechioceras meigeni, Leptechioceras charpentieri, Leptechioceras subplicatum, Paltechioceras favrei, Paltechioceras aureolum, Echioceras intermedium, Echioceras carusense (33366) Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Leptechioceras meigeni, Leptechioceras subplicatum, Paltechioceras recticostatum, Paltechioceras elicitum, Leptechioceras macdonnelli (33364) Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Paltechioceras elicitum, Paltechioceras oosteri (33363)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Paltechioceras aplanatum, Paltechioceras boehmi, Paltechioceras rothpletzi (37522) Paltechioceras boehmi (37519 37521)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Ukraine (Crimea) Orthechioceras sp. (230736)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Echioceras aklavikense (34191) Echioceras sp. (34230)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9USA (Nevada) E. sp. (201272) Paltechioceras edmundi, Paltechioceras rothpletzi (201246) Paltechioceras harbledownense (201245 201274 201275 201276 201277 201278) Paltechioceras mineralensis (201243) Paltechioceras mineralensis, Paltechioceras harbledownense (201273) Paltechioceras spp. (201279)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Papua New Guinea Paltechioceras sp. (137279)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Austria Echioceras quenstedti (218906)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (Yukon) Echioceras aklavikense (34242) Echioceras sp. (34225 34226 34234)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Echioceras cercum, Echioceras exortum, Gagaticeras sp., Parechioceras sp., Hypechioceras pierrei (204146)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Türkiye Paltechioceras elicitum, Paltechioceras hierlatzicum (218660) Paltechioceras rothpletzi (218661)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Hungary Paltechioceras boehmi-favrei (78630)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria Echioceras quenstedti (218927) Leptechioceras sp., Paltechioceras charpentieri, Paltechioceras tardecrescens, Echioceras quenstedti (218932) Paltechioceras charpentieri, Paltechioceras tardecrescens (218910)
Obtusum - Margaritatus199.5 - 184.2Austria Paltechioceras sp., Echioceras quenstedti (218909)
Raricostatum - Davoei199.5 - 184.2Hungary Paltechioceras sp. (78690)
Raricostatum - Ibex199.5 - 184.2Hungary Paltechioceras sp. (78689)
Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria Echioceras quenstedti, Paltechioceras rothpletzi (218908)
Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Echioceratidae indet. (53637)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria Echioceras quenstedti (218903)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Mexico (Sonora) Palaeoechioceras sp. (208260)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Paltechioceras recticostatum, Echioceras raricostatum, Echioceras microdiscus, Paltechioceras rothpletzi (218658)