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Proterocameroceratidae

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Proterocameroceratidae Kobayashi
1958Proterocameroceratidae Flower
1977Proterocameroceratidae Hook and Flower
1981Proterocameratidae Crick p. 226
2008Proterocameroceratidae Kröger and Landing
2009Proterocameroceratidae Kröger and Landing p. 166
2011Proterocameroceratidae Evans
2011Proterocameroceratidae Kröger and Evans
2012Proterocameroceratidae Kröger
2012Proterocameroceratidae Kröger and Lefebvre

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyProterocameroceratidaeKobayashi 1937
familyProterocameroceratidaeKobayashi 1937

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. †Proterocameroceratidae Kobayashi 1937
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G. †Campendoceras Teichert and Glenister 1954
G. †Clitendoceras Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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†Clitendoceras montrealense Ruedemann 1906
†Clitendoceras saylesi Ulrich and Foerste 1936
G. †Cotteroceras Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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†Cotteroceras compressum Ulrich and Foerste 1936
G. †Escharendoceras Flower 1956
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G. †Exoclitendoceras Kröger and Landing 2008
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†Exoclitendoceras rochdalense Kröger and Landing 2008
G. †Kirkoceras Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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†Kirkoceras arcuatum Ulrich and Foerste 1936
†Kirkoceras bradleyi Ulrich et al. 1943
†Kirkoceras compressum Ulrich et al. 1943
†Kirkoceras gracile Ulrich et al. 1943
†Kirkoceras missisquoi Billings 1865
†Kirkoceras obliquum Ulrich et al. 1943
G. †Lobendoceras Teichert and Glenister 1954
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†Lobendoceras undulatum Kröger and Evans 2011
G. †Lobosiphon Flower 1956
G. †Manitouoceras Ulrich et al. 1944
G. †Mccluskiceras Kröger and Landing 2008
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†Mccluskiceras comstockense Kröger and Landing 2008
G. †Mcqueenoceras Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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†Mcqueenoceras jeffersonense Ulrich and Foerste 1936
G. †Meniscoceras Flower 1941
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†Meniscoceras coronense Flower 1941
G. †Mysticoceras Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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†Mysticoceras marcoui Ruedemann 1906
G. †Oderoceras Ulrich et al. 1943
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†Oderoceras depressum Ulrich et al. 1943
†Oderoceras edax Billings 1865
†Oderoceras sevierense Ulrich et al. 1943
†Oderoceras virginianum Ulrich et al. 1943
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†Palaeocycloceras eichwaldi Balashov 1968
G. †Paraendoceras Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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†Paraendoceras depressum Kröger and Landing 2008
†Paraendoceras jeffersonense Ulrich and Foerste 1935
†Paraendoceras wappingerense Ulrich et al. 1944
G. †Phragmosiphon Flower 1956
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†Phragmosiphon septiferum Flower 1956
†Phragmosiphon septiferum Flower 1956
G. †Platysiphon Flower 1956
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†Platysiphon expansum Flower 1956
G. †Pliendoceras Flower 1956
G. †Proendoceras Flower 1955
G. †Proterocameroceras Ruedemann 1905
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†Proterocameroceras brainerdi Whitfield 1886
G. †Protocyptendoceras Cecioni 1965
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Invalid names: Protocyptendoceras corvalani Cecioni 1965 [synonym], Protocyptendoceras teicherti Cecioni 1965 [synonym]
†Protocyptendoceras longicameratum Kröger and Lefebvre 2012
G. †Retroclitendoceras Flower 1956
G. †Stenosiphon Flower 1956
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†Stenosiphon sandoi Flower 1956
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: 2005-10-06 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Llandeilo or 483.40000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (97 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1China (Zhejiang) Proendoceras sp. (64594)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Lobendoceras undulatum (101704 101706)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (Missouri) Mcqueenoceras jeffersonense (189375 189376 189377 189390)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Quebec) Kirkoceras bradleyi, Kirkoceras missisquoi, Mysticoceras marcoui (189280)
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3USA (Texas) Clitendoceras sp., Mcqueenoceras sp. (283) Cotteroceras sp., Mcqueenoceras sp. (293)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3USA (Oklahoma) Mcqueenoceras sp. (80100 80101)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3USA (Texas) Mcqueenoceras sp. (56489)
Canadian486.85 - 457.3USA (Maryland) Clitendoceras sp., Escharendoceras sp., Mcqueenoceras sp., Phragmosiphon sp., Platysiphon sp., Pliendoceras sp., Proterocameroceras sp. (285) Clitendoceras sp., Proterocameroceras sp. (292) Escharendoceras sp., Lobosiphon sp., Mcqueenoceras sp., Mysticoceras sp., Platysiphon sp., Retroclitendoceras sp., Stenosiphon sp. (428)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hubei) Escharendoceras sp., Retroclitendoceras sp. (4736 4738) Proterocameroceras sp. (4728 4729 4735 61727)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (AnHui) Oderoceras sp. (7832)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina Protocyptendoceras sp. (9010)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Guizhou) Proterocameroceras sp. (4771)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (JiangSu) Proterocameroceras sp. (7921)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Cotteroceras sp. (188686)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (New York) Clitendoceras saylesi, Exoclitendoceras rochdalense, Mcqueenoceras jeffersonense, Paraendoceras wappingerense, Paraendoceras depressum (89491) Clitendoceras saylesi, Mccluskiceras comstockense (89490) Clitendoceras sp., Proendoceras sp. (289) Cotteroceras sp., Paraendoceras wappingerense (89501 89502) Endoceras wappingerense, Paraendoceras depressum (89492) Orthoceras missisquoi (42799)
Stairsian - Tulean483.4 - 475.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Proterocameroceratidae indet. (188689)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Minnesota) Cotteroceras compressum (56645)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Vermont) Cameroceras brainerdi, Endoceras montrealense (42793)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (New York) Clitendoceras montrealense, Cameroceras brainerdi (42798) Proterocameroceras brainerdi (88944 90082 90194)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Lobosiphon sp. (88775)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Clitendoceras sp. (188719 188723 188724) Clitendoceras sp., Platysiphon sp. (188738) Clitendoceras sp., Platysiphon sp., Proterocameroceras durinum, Proterocameroceras baculoides (188716) Clitendoceras sp., Stenosiphon sp., Proterocameroceras durinum (188714) Escharendoceras sp. (188730) Phragmosiphon sp. (188732) Platysiphon sp. (188699 188708 188710 188713 188726) Platysiphon sp., Proterocameroceras durinum (188739) Platysiphon sp., Proterocameroceras durinum, Proterocameroceras baculoides (188744) Proterocameroceras baculoides (188702) Proterocameroceras durinum (188721 188734) Stenosiphon sp., Proterocameroceras durinum (188703)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3USA (Missouri) Mcqueenoceras jeffersonense (98444 98451 189374)
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (Hunan and Hubei) Palaeocycloceras sp. (7717)
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (Hubei) Palaeocycloceras sp. (7727)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Argentina (Jujuy) Protocyptendoceras fuenzalidae (87794) Protocyptendoceras fuenzalidae, Protocyptendoceras corvalani (87793)
Floian477.1 - 471.3USA (Tennessee) Oderoceras depressum (189284) Oderoceras sevierense (189132)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Canada (Ontario) Oderoceras edax (101383)
Floian477.1 - 471.3USA (Virginia) Oderoceras virginianum (189285)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Morocco (Anti Atlas) Protocyptendoceras longicameratum (166731)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Russian Federation (Siberia) Proterocameroceras sibiricum, Proterocameroceras brainerdi, Cotteroceras compressum (206297)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Canada (Quebec) Kirkoceras missisquoi (98439)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina Proterocameroceras sp. (8875)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (HeBei) Campendoceras sp., Clitendoceras sp. (7957) Campendoceras sp., Clitendoceras sp., Proterocameroceras sp. (7968) Campendoceras sp., Proterocameroceras sp. (7963) Lobendoceras sp. (7980) Proterocameroceras sp. (7972 7975)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0USA (Oklahoma) Mcqueenoceras sp. (80097 80099)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (LiaoNing) Proterocameroceras sp. (20756)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (ShanXi) Proterocameroceras sp. (7887)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (JiLin) Kirkoceras sp. (21146)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) Oderoceras sp. (4726)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Colorado) Kirkoceras obliquum (102532)
Hunderum - Valaste472.1 - 465.9Sweden (Kalmar) Palaeocycloceras eichwaldi (89246)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4USA (Colorado) Kirkoceras arcuatum, Kirkoceras compressum, Kirkoceras gracile (189279)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) Meniscoceras coronense (172142 172143)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Proterocameroceras brainerdi (206300)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Sweden Palaeocycloceras eichwaldi (163124)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (HeBei) Proterocameroceras sp. (7971)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Hunan and Hubei) Proterocameroceras sp. (7716)