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Temnocheilidae

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Temnocheilidae Mojsisovics
1967Temnocheilidae Shimanskiy p. 30
2025Temnocheilidae Korn p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTemnocheilinaFlower 1963
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTemnocheilidaeMojsisovics 1902
familyTemnocheilidaeMojsisovics 1902

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. †Temnocheilidae Mojsisovics 1902
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G. †Alexoceras Leonova and Shchedukhin 2020
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†Alexoceras mazaevi Leonova and Shchedukhin 2020
G. †Endolobus Meek and Worthen 1865
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Subg. †Endolobus (Solenocheilus) Meek and Worthen 1870
†Endolobus clorensis Collinson 1955
†Endolobus litvinovichae Shimanskiy 1967
†Endolobus obsoletus Zhao 1954
†Endolobus renfroae Miller and Youngquist 1949
†Endolobus rota Korn and Klug 2023
†Endolobus spectabilis Meek and Worthen 1860
G. †Knightoceras Miller and Owen 1934
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†Knightoceras kempae Miller and Youngquist 1949
†Knightoceras lena Shimanskiy 1967
†Knightoceras louphaphontaensis Ramsbottom and Moore 1961
†Knightoceras oxylobatum Miller and Downs 1948
†Knightoceras subcariniferum Tzwetaev 1888
G. †Kummeloceras Shimanskiy 1967
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†Kummeloceras sibiricum Shimanskiy 1967
G. †Latitemnocheilus Sturgeon et al. 1982
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†Nikenautilus beleuthensis Shimansky 1957
†Nikenautilus vultur Shimanskiy 1967
G. †Paravalhallites Shimanskiy 1990
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†Paravalhallites ganelini Shimanskiy 1990
G. †Temnocheiloides Shimanskiy 1967
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†Temnocheiloides acanthicus Tzwetaev 1888
†Temnocheiloides shartymense Shimanskiy 1967
G. †Temnocheilus M'Coy 1844
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†Temnocheilus aubrechtovae Korn and Klug 2023
†Temnocheilus coronatiformae Shimanskiy 1967
†Temnocheilus crassus Hyatt 1891
†Temnocheilus grewingki Tschernyschew 1899
†Temnocheilus harneri Miller and Owen 1934
†Temnocheilus imazighenorum Korn and Klug 2023
†Temnocheilus morloti von Mojsisovics 1882
†Temnocheilus neumayri von Mojsisovics 1882
†Temnocheilus winslowi Meek and Worthen 1870
G. †Tylodiscoceras Miller and Collinson 1950
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†Valhallites boreus Shimanskiy 1967
†Valhallites kashirtzevi Shimanskiy 1967
†Valhallites ornatus Girty 1911
†Valhallites sakhaensis Shimanskiy 1967
†Valhallites taymiricus Shimanskiy 1967
†Valhallites tuberculatus Niko and Mapes 2016
†Valhallites westforkensis Niko and Mapes 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Illyrian or 339.90000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holkerian - Brigantian346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) Knightoceras sp. (5606)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) Knightoceras sp. (5603)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) Temnocheilus sp. (62674)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Morocco Endolobus sp., Endolobus rota (231793) Temnocheilus sp., Temnocheilus aubrechtovae (231792)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Morocco Temnocheilus imazighenorum (157739)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland Knightoceras louphaphontaensis (224293 224458 224463 224466 224468)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Arkansas) Endolobus ornatus (157811) Endolobus sp. A (160511)
Brigantian - Pendleian335.9 - 326.9USA (Pennsylvania) Endolobus sp. (2774)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Arkansas) Endolobus clorensis (92183)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Russian Federation Endolobus spectabilis (166306)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Kazakhstan Temnocheilus coronatiforme, Knightoceras lena (8421)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Arkansas) Endolobus clorensis (158031 158032) Endolobus ornatus (157936 158012) Endolobus sp., Valhallites tuberculatus (175861) Valhallites tuberculatus (175862 175863) Valhallites westforkensis (175860)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Kazakhstan Endolobus litvinovichae (166307) Endolobus litvinovichae, Vestinautilus beleuthensis (166308) Nikenautilus vultur (166286 166297)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Endolobus sp. B, Knightoceras oxylobatum (43377) Knightoceras oxylobatum (43369 43374 43378 43383 43424)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Russian Federation Temnocheiloides shartymense (166305) Valhallites boreus (166313)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0Russian Federation Paravalhallites ganelini (166468) Valhallites sakhaensis (166314 166315)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Michigan) Temnocheilus sp. (276085)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9Russian Federation Valhallites kashirtzevi (166309 166310 166311)
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3Russian Federation Temnocheiloides shartymense (166279)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Russian Federation Valhallites boreus (166312)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine Temnocheilus sp. (166829)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arkansas) Knightoceras oxylobatum (157834)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Temnocheilus harneri (70255 70308)
Podolskian311.46 - 308.9Russian Federation Nautilus subcariniferus (166283) Temnocheiloides acanthicus (49968)
Myachkovian308.9 - 307.0Russian Federation Nautilus acanthicus (166302)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Temnocheilus forbesianus (175101)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Temnocheilus crassus (184103 184105)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Endolobus sturgeoni (217893 220414)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Alexoceras mazaevi (204136)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Temnocheilus sp. (217202)
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4Russian Federation Kummeloceras sibiricum (99974 166351 166352 166353)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Temnocheilus sp. (39154)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation Kummeloceras sibiricum (166349 166350)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Knightoceras kempae (113417) Temnocheilus sp., Nautilus winslowi (108766)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (New Mexico) Temnocheilus sp. a, Temnocheilus winslowi (233342)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Endolobus renfroae (113426)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China Endolobus obsoletus, Endolobus hsiangtanensis, Temnocheilus multituberculatus (66112)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Valhallites taymiricus (94911)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Jiangxi) Endolobus sp. (94990)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Temnocheilus grewingki (126937) Temnocheilus multituberculatus (126451 126999)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Bosnia and Herzegovina Nautilus sp. (206739)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan Temnocheilus multituberculatus (127015)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Pakistan Nautilus multituberculatus (81504)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Bosnia and Herzegovina Temnocheilus ornatus (206619) Temnocheilus triserialis (206722)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Nautilus suevicus (206384)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Austria Temnocheilus neumayri, Temnocheilus morloti (136996)