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Sactoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Sactoceratidae was named by Troedsson (1926).

It was assigned to Pseudorthoceratoidea by Evans (2000).

Subtaxa
Sactoceras

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Sactoceratidae Troedsson
2000Sactoceratidae Evans p. 582

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
superfamilyPseudorthoceratoideaFlower and Caster 1935
familySactoceratidaeTroedsson 1926
familySactoceratidaeTroedsson 1926

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. †Sactoceratidae Troedsson 1926
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G. †Sactoceras Hyatt 1884
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†Sactoceras hadelandicum Strand 1934
†Sactoceras manitoulinense Foerste 1924
†Sactoceras piso Billings 1865
†Sactoceras tyriense Strand 1934
†Sactoceras westonense Foerste 1924
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Ludfordian or 469.40000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) Sactoceras sp. (4716)
Arenig - Llanvirn477.1 - 458.2China (JiLin) Sactoceras sp. (21141)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (HeBei) Sactoceras sp. (7955)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (Nei Mongol) Sactoceras sp. (8541)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (JiLin) Sactoceras sp. (21148)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2China (HeBei) Sactoceras sp. (7988)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2Saudi Arabia (Tabuk) Sactoceras sp. (87733)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Sactoceras typicale (26293)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Sactoceras westonense (173249)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Sactoceras piso (173332) Sactoceras sp., Sactoceras manitoulinense (173012)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Hadeland) Sactoceras hadelandicum (164217)
Pusgillian - Rawtheyan449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Sactoceras tyriense (163026)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.1Norway Sactoceras hadelandicum (162224)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Sactoceras vadocameratum (233158)
Telychian - Wenlock438.6 - 426.7Canada (Manitoba) Sactoceras marginale (26663 26664)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Sactoceras richteri (206380 206381 206386)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Italy (Sardinia) Sactoceras richteri (26168)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia Sactoceras pellucidum (233408) Sactoceras sp. (14037)