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Arctocephalitinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae

Taxonomy
Arctocephalitinae was named by Meledina (1968). Its type is Arctocephalites.

It was assigned to Cardioceratidae by Callomon and Wright (1989), Mitta (2016).

Subtaxa
Arcticoceras, Arctocephalites (type genus), Paracadoceras

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Arctocephalitinae Meledina
1989Arctocephalitinae Callomon and Wright
2016Arctocephalitinae Mitta p. 360

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyCardioceratidaeSiemiradzki 1891
subfamilyArctocephalitinaeMeledina 1968
subfamilyArctocephalitinaeMeledina 1968

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
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3USA (Montana) Arcticoceras sp., Arctocephalites sawtoothensis (68854) Arctocephalites gracilis (68865) Arctocephalites maculatus (68851 68861) Arctocephalites sawtoothensis (68843 68846 68860 68863) Arctocephalites sawtoothensis, Arctocephalites gracilis, Arctocephalites platynotus (68844) Arctocephalites sawtoothensis, Arctocephalites maculatus (68850 68856) Arctocephalites saypoensis (68869) Arctocephalites sp. (68840 68842 68853 68855 68857 68859 68862 68867)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3USA (Alaska) Arctocephalites alticostus (68801 68821) Arctocephalites alticostus, Arctocephalites costidensus (68759) Arctocephalites alticostus, Arctocephalites sp. (68790) Arctocephalites costidensus (68754 68758 68761 68769 68806) Arctocephalites pompeckji (68770 68772 68805) Arctocephalites pompeckji, Arctocephalites costidensus (68771 68773 68774) Arctocephalites sp. (68755 68766 68793 68797 68800 68802 68804 68807 68820) Arctocephalites sp., Arctocephalites alticostus (68808)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Greenland Arcticoceras ishmae (141379)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation Arcticoceras ishmae (68354)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation Arcticoceras ishmae (198894)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Canada (Nunavut) Arctocephalites sp., Arctocephalites elegans, Arctocephalites callomoni, Arctocephalites arcticus (236661)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3North Atlantic Arctocephalites sphaericus, Arctocephalites sp. (35299)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Canada (British Columbia) Cadoceras moffiti (37627)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (Alaska) Cadoceras chisikense (158653) Cadoceras moffiti (158881) Cadoceras multiforme (158682) Cadoceras multiforme, Cadoceras tonniense (158665) Cadoceras tonniense (158696 158700 158701 158703 158705 158884 158885 158887)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (Wyoming) Arcticoceras sp. (172984)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen Arcticoceras sp. (212943 212974)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Canada (British Columbia) Cadoceras tonniense (185051)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (Alaska) Arcticoceras sp. (5235 5485)