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Orthoceratinae

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Discussion

I made this to separate the subfamily from the family.

Taxonomy
Orthoceratinae was named by McCoy (1844).

It was assigned to Orthoceratidae by Sweet (1964).

Subtaxa
Bifoveoceras

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Orthoceratinae McCoy
1964Orthoceratinae Sweet

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyOrthoceratidae
subfamilyOrthoceratinaeMcCoy 1844
subfamilyOrthoceratinaeMcCoy 1844

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.

Subfm. †Orthoceratinae McCoy 1844
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G. †Bifoveoceras Balashov 1956
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aseri to the top of the Lasnamagi or 464.30000 to 459.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aseri464.3 - 461.4Estonia Bifoveoceras bifoveatum (56200)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Estonia Bifoveoceras bifoveatum (56203)