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Morphoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Morphoceratidae

Taxonomy

Morphoceratidae was named by Hyatt (1900).

It was assigned to Ammonitida by Jeannet (1951); and to Perisphinctoidea by Majidifard (2015), Galácz (2016).

Subtaxa

Asphinctites, Christolia, Dimorphinites, Ebrayiceras, Mangoldiceras, Morphoceras (syn. Patemorphoceras), Polysphinctites, Pseudodimorphinites, Sulcohamites, Sulcohamitoides

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1900	Morphoceratidae Hyatt p. 583
1951	Morphoceratidae Jeannet
2015	Morphoceratidae Majidifard p. 34
2016	Morphoceratidae Galácz p. 212

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Morphoceratidae
family	Morphoceratidae

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. †Morphoceratidae Hyatt 1900

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G. †Asphinctites

†Asphinctites patrulii Hahn 1970

†Asphinctites tenuiplicatus Brauns 1865

Invalid names: Asphinctites bathonicus Westermann 1958 [synonym], Asphinctites gaertneri Westermann 1958 [synonym], Grossouvria secunda Wetzel 1950 [synonym], Siemiradzkia bajociformis Arkell 1951 [synonym]

G. †Christolia Rollier 1909

†Christolia nux d'Orbigny 1850

G. †Dimorphinites

Subg. †Dimorphinites (Vigoriceras) Rioult 1994

†Vigoriceras defrancei d'Orbigny 1846

†Dimorphinites centriglobus Rioult 1994

†Dimorphinites dimorphus d'Orbigny 1846

G. †Ebrayiceras

†Ebrayiceras filicosta Wetzel 1937

†Ebrayiceras gignouxi Guillaume 1927

†Ebrayiceras kjarisensis Besnosov 1993

†Ebrayiceras problematicum Gemmellaro 1877

†Ebrayiceras rursum Buckman 1927

†Ebrayiceras sulcatum Zieten 1830

G. †Mangoldiceras Galácz 2016

†Mangoldiceras distefanoi Galácz 2016

G. †Morphoceras

†Morphoceras egrediens Wetzel 1937

†Morphoceras kelarizis Dietze et al. 2014

†Morphoceras macrescens Buckman 1923

†Morphoceras multiforme Arkell 1951

Invalid names: Ammonites polymorphus d'Orbigny 1846 [replaced], Ammonites polymorphus lineatus Quenstedt 1847 [replaced]

†Morphoceras parvum Wetzel 1937

†Morphoceras patescens Buckman 1922

†Morphoceras subpatescens Besnosov 1993

†Morphoceras thalmanni Mangold 1970

Invalid names: Patemorphoceras Buckman 1922 [synonym]

G. †Polysphinctites

G. †Pseudodimorphinites Seyed-Emami 1989

G. †Sulcohamites

G. †Sulcohamitoides

†Sulcohamitoides karaimanensis Besnosov 1990

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 Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 168.60000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (33 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Parkinsoni	170.9 - 168.2	Turkmenistan	Ebrayiceras kjarisensis (189068)
Late/Upper Bajocian	168.6 - 168.2	Ukraine (Transcarpathian)	Dimorphinites dimorphus (197187)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian	168.6 - 165.3	Chile (Antofagasta)	Vigoriceras defrancei, Dimorphinites dimorphus (234384)
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Spain	Morphoceras sp. (73296)
Early/Lower Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Turkmenistan	Morphoceras patescens (187416 189066) Morphoceras patescens, Ebrayiceras rursum (187414) Morphoceras sp., Morphoceras subpatescens, Ebrayiceras rursum (189065) Morphoceras subpatescens (189067)
Early/Lower Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Iran (Damghan)	Asphinctites patrulii (199228) Morphoceras thalmanni, Morphoceras parvum (199163)
Early/Lower Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Russian Federation	Morphoceras macrescens (187417) Morphoceras multiforme (189064) Morphoceras sp., Morphoceras macrescens (189048)
Early/Lower Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Germany	Morphoceras sp. (62250) Morphoceras sp., Ebrayiceras sulcatum (62251)
Early/Lower Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Poland	Asphinctites sp. (187140) Asphinctites tenuiplicatus (186722 186764 186773) Morphoceras multiforme, Morphoceras macrescens, Morphoceras sulcatum (187125)
Early/Lower Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Iran	Ebrayiceras jactatum, Morphoceras egrediens (37564) Ebrayiceras jactatum, Morphoceras multiforme, Morphoceras macrescens (37563) Morphoceras macrescens, Morphoceras egrediens, Morphoceras kelarizis (174798) Morphoceras macrescens, Morphoceras patescens, Ebrayiceras sulcatum, Ebrayiceras problematicum, Ebrayiceras filicosta (174797) Morphoceras multiforme (37565) Morphoceras multiforme, Ebrayiceras sulcatum (174796) Morphoceras multiforme, Morphoceras macrescens, Morphoceras egrediens, Ebrayiceras sulcatum (175749)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Middle Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Germany	Asphinctites tenuiplicatus (62252)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Middle Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Turkmenistan	Sulcohamitoides karaimanensis (189069)
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	Italy	Polysphinctites sp., Ebrayiceras problematicum, Ebrayiceras gignouxi, Pseudodimorphinites sp., Mangoldiceras distefanoi (193325)
Early/Lower Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	Switzerland	Christolia nux (171491 171559)