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Sporadoceras (Sporadoceras)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Sporadoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Sporadoceras (Sporadoceras) Hyatt
1975Sporadoceras (Sporadoceras) Petersen p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPraeglyphioceratoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familySporadoceratidaeMiller and Furnish 1957
subfamilySporadoceratinaeMiller and Furnish 1957
genusSporadocerasHyatt 1884
subgenusSporadocerasHyatt 1884

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1120.510.032.722.45.99
shell diameter1136.816.158.739.511.0
shell inflation110.4470.0013.002.001.04

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 Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 372.20000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Australia (Western Australia) Sporadoceras biferum (65362) Sporadoceras biferum, Sporadoceras latilobatum (39093) Sporadoceras latilobatum (65363 65366 65371) Sporadoceras latilobatum, Sporadoceras teicherti (39100) Sporadoceras teicherti (65372)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Kazakhstan Sporadoceras biferum (172154) Sporadoceras rotundum, Sporadoceras biferum (172155)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Australia (New South Wales) Sporadoceras inflexum, Sporadoceras rotundum (69306)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Australia (Western Australia) Sporadoceras biferum (65356) Sporadoceras biferum, Sporadoceras latilobatum, Sporadoceras teicherti (39079 39099) Sporadoceras latilobatum (39082 39083 39094 65354 65369) Sporadoceras sp., Sporadoceras biferum, Sporadoceras latilobatum (39072 65103) Sporadoceras sp., Sporadoceras biferum, Sporadoceras latilobatum, Sporadoceras teicherti (39091) Sporadoceras sp., Sporadoceras latilobatum (65357) Sporadoceras sp., Sporadoceras teicherti (65358) Sporadoceras teicherti (65359 65370)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9China (Nei Mongol) Sporadoceras rotundum, Sporadoceras biferum, Sporadoceras latilobatum (3957)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Kazakhstan Sporadoceras rotundum, Sporadoceras biferum (172156)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Australia (Western Australia) Sporadoceras latilobatum (39081) Sporadoceras rotundum (65375 65384) Sporadoceras sp., Sporadoceras rotundum (39102) Sporadoceras sp., Sporadoceras teicherti (39080 65112) Sporadoceras teicherti (39106) Sporadoceras teicherti, Sporadoceras inflexum (39111) Sporadoceras teicherti, Sporadoceras rotundum (39101)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Kazakhstan Sporadoceras inflexum (172165)