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Tornoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Tornoceratidae Arthaber
2002Tornoceratidae Korn and Klug p. 153
2006Tornoceratidae Korn
2013Tornoceratidae Bockwinkel et al. p. 57
2013Tornoceratidae Bockwinkel et al. p. 267
2015Tornoceratidae Bockwinkel et al. p. 148
2015Tornoceratidae Bockwinkel and Korn p. 358

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911

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. †Tornoceratidae Arthaber 1911
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Subfm. †Aulatornoceratinae Becker 1993
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G. †Armatites Becker 1993
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†Armatites bashkiricus Bogoslovsky 1971
†Armatites beatus Becker 1993
†Armatites lateroconcavus Dybczinski 1913
†Armatites nudus Becker 1993
†Armatites planidorsatus Munster 1839
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Invalid names: Tornoceras dorsoplanum Sobolew 1912 [synonym]
G. †Aulatornoceras Schindewolf 1922
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†Aulatornoceras auris Quenstedt 1846
†Aulatornoceras bickense Wedekind 1917
†Aulatornoceras compressum Gruneberg 1925
†Aulatornoceras constrictum Steininger 1849
†Aulatornoceras eifliense Steininger 1849
†Aulatornoceras frenklerae Söte et al. 2021
†Aulatornoceras latestriatum d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
†Aulatornoceras lepiferum Becker 1993
†Aulatornoceras paucistriatum d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
†Aulatornoceras posterior Becker 1993
†Aulatornoceras rhysum Clarke 1898
†Aulatornoceras serriense Becker 1993
†Aulatornoceras steinhauseni Söte et al. 2021
†Aulatornoceras tumidum House 2002
†Aulatornoceras ventrosulcatum Söte et al. 2021
G. †Immenites Becker 2016
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†Immenites retro Becker 1993
G. †Planitornoceras Becker 1995
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†Planitornoceras pugnax Becker 1995
†Planitornoceras weissi Wedekind 1908
G. †Polonoceras Dybczynski 1913
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†Polonoceras baikuense Sheng 1999
†Polonoceras delepinei Petersen 1975
†Polonoceras dux Becker 1993
†Polonoceras mensinki Becker 1993
†Polonoceras planum Dybczynski 1913
G. †Truyolsoceras Montesinos 1987
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†Truyolsoceras clarkei Miller 1938
†Truyolsoceras retro Becker 1993
†Truyolsoceras sandbergeri Foord and Crick 1897
Invalid names: Goniatites retrorsus undulatus Sandberger 1851 [replaced]
Subfm. †Falcitornoceratinae Becker 1993
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G. †Falcitornoceras House and Price 1985
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†Falcitornoceras bilobatum Wedekind 1908
†Falcitornoceras constrictum Hous and Price 1985
†Falcitornoceras faciculum House and Price 1985
†Falcitornoceras korni Becker 1993
†Falcitornoceras wagneri House and Price 1985
G. †Gundolficeras Becker 1995
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†Gundolficeras delepinei Petter 1959
†Gundolficeras escoti Frech 1887
†Gundolficeras fezzouense Becker 1995
†Gundolficeras rotersi Korn 2002
†Gundolficeras silviae Becker 1995
G. †Kourazoceras Becker 2002
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†Kourazoceras elhassanii Becker 2002
G. †Nebechoceras Bockwinkel et al. 2013
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†Nebechoceras excentricum Bockwinkel et al. 2013
G. †Phoenixites Becker 1993
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†Phoenixites auriforme Oppenheimer 1916
†Phoenixites frechi Wedekind 1918
†Phoenixites keyserlingi Muller 1956
†Phoenixites lenticulus Bockwinkel et al. 2013
†Phoenixites sulcatus Becker 1993
†Phoenixites varicatum Wedekind 1918
†Phoenixites varicatus Wedekind 1918
Invalid names: Tornoceras frechi parvum Makowski 1991 [synonym]
Subfm. †Tornoceratinae Arthaber 1911
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G. †Crassotornoceras House and Price 1985
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†Crassotornoceras annissi House and Price 1985
†Crassotornoceras crassum Matern 1931
†Crassotornoceras hetzeneggeri Söte et al. 2021
†Crassotornoceras nitidum Becker 1993
†Crassotornoceras nudum Söte et al. 2021
G. †Domanikoceras Becker and House 1993
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†Domanikoceras timidum Becker and House 1993
G. †Epitornoceras Frech 1902
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G. †Linguatornoceras House 1965
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†Linguatornoceras clausum Glenister 1958
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Invalid names: Tornoceras loeschmanni Frech 1902 [synonym]
†Linguatornoceras haugi Frech 1902
†Linguatornoceras lingua Sandberger 1851
†Linguatornoceras linguum Sandberger 1851
†Linguatornoceras pompeckji Wedekind 1918
†Linguatornoceras yudinae Becker 2000
G. †Lobotornoceras Schindewolf 1936
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†Lobotornoceras ausavense Steininger 1849
†Lobotornoceras bensaidi Bockwinkel et al. 2013
†Lobotornoceras hassoni House 1978
†Lobotornoceras strangulatum Keyserling 1844
G. †Oxytornoceras Becker 1993
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†Oxytornoceras acutum Frech 1902
†Oxytornoceras polare Bogoslovsky and Yatskov 1985
†Oxytornoceras signatum Becker 1993
G. †Retrotornoceras House 2002
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†Retrotornoceras juxi Söte et al. 2021
G. †Simicheiloceras Becker 1993
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†Simicheiloceras acutelobatum Gruneberg 1925
G. †Tornoceras Hyatt 1884
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†Tornoceras aequilobum Söte et al. 2021
†Tornoceras aldanense House 1965
†Tornoceras amuletum House 1965
†Tornoceras arcuatum House 1965
†Tornoceras arkonense House 1965
†Tornoceras baldisi Leanza 1968
†Tornoceras bolivianum Kullmann 1980
†Tornoceras compressum Clarke 1899
†Tornoceras contractum Glenister 1958
†Tornoceras eberlei Sweet and Miller 1956
†Tornoceras holwilli House 2002
†Tornoceras hughesii Whidborne 1890
†Tornoceras iowaense Miller 1938
†Tornoceras lewinskii Dybczynski 1913
†Tornoceras nummularius Roemer 1843
†Tornoceras obesum Clarke 1899
†Tornoceras obliquum Perna 1914
†Tornoceras orbicella Hall 1860
†Tornoceras radialis Becker 1993
†Tornoceras simplex von Buch 1832
†Tornoceras subacutum Makowski 1991
†Tornoceras sublentiforme Sobolew 1914
†Tornoceras typum Sandberger and Sandberger 1851
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Invalid names: Gomimonomeroceras (Tornoceras) kielcense Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Gomimonomeroceras (Tornoceras) sublentiforme Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Tornoceras bertrandi Frech 1902 [synonym], Tornoceras simplex angustelobata Holzapfel 1895 [synonym], Tornoceras verae Frech 1902 [synonym]
†Tornoceras uniangulare Conrad 1842
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Invalid names: Goniatites astarte Clarke 1885 [synonym]
†Tornoceras varicatum Gruneberg 1925
†Tornoceras whidbornei Foord and Crick 1897
†Tornoceras whitfieldi Miller 1932
†Tornoceras widderi House 1965
†Tornoceras wunderlichi Bockwinkel and Korn 2015
Invalid names: Tornoceras (Tornoceras) Hyatt 1884 [invalid subgroup], Tornoceras edwinhalli Clarke 1898 [nomen dubium]
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 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 393.30000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (297 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) Tornoceras sp. (83119)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Ohio) Tornoceras sp. (51855)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Epitornoceras peracutum (136088) Tornoceras sp. (8810 8813 8814 8827 8828 8830 8924 8925 8926 8927 89731 89754 89802 89812 89813 94454) Tornoceras sp., Tornoceras uniangulare (10459) Tornoceras uniangulare (8999 9028 9029 9352 9353 9354 9355 135986)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) Tornoceras uniagnulare (38459) Tornoceras uniangulare (38460)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Tornoceras simplex (112146)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Algeria Tornoceras arcuatum (40374 40376) Tornoceras sp. (40373 40375 40453 40454)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Spain (Palencia) Tornoceras sp. (40356)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4United Kingdom (England) Tornoceras sp. (135984)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Aulatornoceras keyserlingi, Tornoceras simplex (172106 172109) Tornoceras simplex (172093 172095 172096 172098 172100 172101 172102 172103) Tornoceras typum (172444) Tornoceras typum, Domanikoceras timidum (172443)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Australia (Western Australia) Aulatornoceras n. sp. A (39048) Aulatornoceras n. sp. A, Tornoceras contractum (39049) Aulatornoceras sp. (39044) Aulatornoceras sp. B (39046) Tornoceras contractum (39040 39041 170955)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4USA (New York) Epitornoceras peracutum (136010 136061) Lobotornoceras hassoni (136084 136089) Tornoceras arcuatum (136130 136165) Tornoceras sp. (136011 136013 136059 136062 136064 136083 136196 136198) Tornoceras sp., Lobotornoceras hassoni (136197) Tornoceras uniangulare (136081 136082 136085 136086)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Russian Federation Tornoceras typum, Tornoceras contractum (170867)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Poland Linguatornoceras sp. (73157)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Russian Federation (Nenets Autonomous Okrug) Tornoceras simplex (172099)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4China (Guangxi) Tornoceras sp. (4705)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Ohio) Tornoceras uniangulare (74950)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) Aulatornoceras eifliense (39050) Linguatornoceras clausum (39053 39065 39066) Linguatornoceras sp. (39063 39068)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Germany Tornoceras sp. (145664)
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9United Kingdom (England) Tornoceras sp. (640)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Linguatornoceras clausum, Tornoceras typum (172448) Linguatornoceras sp., Linguatornoceras clausum, Tornoceras typum, Lobotornoceras strangulatum (172462) Linguatornoceras sp., Phoenixites frechi, Tornoceras typum, Truyolsoceras keyserlingi, Phoenixites varicatus (172455) Tornoceras contractum (172454) Tornoceras contractum, Lobotornoceras strangulatum (172464) Tornoceras simplex (172107 172110 172111 172113) Tornoceras simplex, Aulatornoceras keyserlingi (172114) Tornoceras sp. (172447 172456 172457) Tornoceras sp., Phoenixites frechi, Truyolsoceras keyserlingi (172459) Tornoceras typum (172445 172450 172453) Tornoceras typum, Domanikoceras timidum (172446) Tornoceras typum, Tornoceras contractum (172449 172452) Tornoceras typum, Tornoceras contractum, Truyolsoceras keyserlingi (172451) Truyolsoceras sp., Phoenixites frechi (172465)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5USA (New York) Aulatornoceras auris, Aulatornoceras paucistriatum, Aulatornoceras eifliense (136740) Aulatornoceras auris, Aulatornoceras paucistriatum, Crassotornoceras crassum, Aulatornoceras eifliense (136653) Aulatornoceras eifliense (136213 136231 136234 136377 136489 136650) Aulatornoceras eifliense, Tornoceras uniangulare (136396) Aulatornoceras paucistriatum, Tornoceras typum, Linguatornoceras linguum, Crassotornoceras crassum (136739) Aulatornoceras sp. (136376) Aulatornoceras sp., Tornoceras uniangulare (136375 136399) Crassotornoceras crassum (136741 136742) Linguatornoceras linguum (136483 136484 136485) Tornoceras sp. (136403 136405) Tornoceras typum (136486) Tornoceras typum, Linguatornoceras linguum (136482) Tornoceras uniangulare (136378 136397 136400 157638)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany Epitornoceras sp., Tornoceras sp., Epitornoceras mithracoides, Tornoceras wunderlichi (174854) Tornoceras simplex (60183) Tornoceras sp., Epitornoceras mithracoides (189319)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Morocco Epitornoceras mithracoides (135660 189347 189348 189350) Epitornoceras mithracoides, Lobotornoceras bensaidi, Nebechoceras excentricum, Phoenixites lenticulus (189346) Epitornoceras mithracoides, Nebechoceras excentricum, Phoenixites lenticulus (189420) Nebechoceras excentricum (189351)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7USA (New York) Epitornoceras mithracoides (136124) Epitornoceras peracutum (136126) Tornoceras uniangulare (136012)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Aulatornoceras sp. (236363) Phoenixites frechi (236364)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Kazakhstan Tornoceras simplex (172140)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Aulatornoceras eifliense, Crassotornoceras belgicum, Aulatornoceras ventrosulcatum (220511) Aulatornoceras sp., Crassotornoceras sp., Aulatornoceras auris, Aulatornoceras constrictum, Aulatornoceras steinhauseni, Aulatornoceras ventrosulcatum (220477) Aulatornoceras sp., Crassotornoceras sp., Linguatornoceras sp. 1, Linguatornoceras clausum, Aulatornoceras auris, Linguatornoceras linguum, Crassotornoceras crassum, Aulatornoceras eifliense, Crassotornoceras belgicum, Lobotornoceras ausavense, Aulatornoceras constrictum, Tornoceras holwilli, Tornoceras aequilobum, Crassotornoceras nudum, Crassotornoceras hetzeneggeri, Aulatornoceras frenklerae (220483) Crassotornoceras belgicum, Tornoceras holwilli (220482) Crassotornoceras sp., Crassotornoceras belgicum, Tornoceras holwilli (220480) Crassotornoceras sp., Tornoceras sp., Linguatornoceras clausum, Linguatornoceras linguum, Crassotornoceras crassum, Aulatornoceras eifliense, Lobotornoceras ausavense, Tornoceras holwilli, Tornoceras aequilobum, Crassotornoceras hetzeneggeri (220479) Linguatornoceras clausum, Linguatornoceras linguum, Crassotornoceras crassum, Tornoceras aequilobum, Crassotornoceras nudum, Retrotornoceras juxi, Aulatornoceras frenklerae (220476) Tornoceras sp., Crassotornoceras crassum, Tornoceras holwilli, Aulatornoceras frenklerae (220481)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Western Sahara Tornoceras simplex (209257)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Linguatornoceras clausum (172469 172471 172472 172474 172477 172491 172495 172500 172501) Linguatornoceras clausum, Aulatornoceras auris, Linguatornoceras yudinae (172467) Linguatornoceras clausum, Linguatornoceras yudinae (172466 172475) Linguatornoceras sp. (172486) Linguatornoceras yudinae (172482 172503) Tornoceras simplex (171693 172115 172116 172117 172119 172120 172121 172123 172126 172129 172130 172132) Tornoceras sp. (172478 172489) Tornoceras typum (172468)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Tornoceras simplex (172138)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1USA (New York) Aulatornoceras rhysum (136749)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Russian Federation (Perm) Aulatornoceras sp., Tornoceras simplex (172133 172134)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) Linguatornoceras sp. (39057) Tornoceras clausum (170951 170967 170974 170975) Tornoceras sp. (170954)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Poland Linguatornoceras clausum, Phoenixites frechi (135696)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1United Kingdom (England) Linguatornoceras ovatum, Linguatornoceras holwilli, Crassotornoceras annissi, Retrotornoceras alobatum, Aulatornoceras auris, Aulatornoceras tumidum, Aulatornoceras paucistriatum, Aulatornoceras bickense, Tornoceras typum (135957)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1France (Alsace) Aulatornoceras sp., Crassotornoceras sp., Linguatornoceras sp., Tornoceras sp., Linguatornoceras clausum, Aulatornoceras auris (38675)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Morocco Kourazoceras elhassanii (171672)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany (Rhenish Massif) Lobotornoceras bilobatum, Tornoceras subundulatum, Tornoceras eifliense, Tornoceras acutum, Tornoceras simplex, Tornoceras haugi, Tornoceras loeschmanni, Tornoceras escoti, Tornoceras planidorsatum (5960)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Kazakhstan Lobotornoceras bilobatum, Tornoceras subundulatum (172155) Polonoceras planidorsatum, Polonoceras dorsoplanum, Tornoceras simplex (172154)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany Armatites planidorsatus (187042) Falcitornoceras korni (187041) Linguatornoceras haugi (187049 187050 187055) Polonoceras sp., Simicheiloceras praecursor, Linguatornoceras haugi (187064)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Australia (Western Australia) Epitornoceras peracutum, Tornoceras simplex, Polonoceras delepinei (65388) Lobotornoceras sp. (39100 65371) Tornoceras simplex (39093 39098 65355 65362 65364 65365 65368)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Tornoceras paucistviatum, Tornoceras simplex (235121)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6USA (New York) Goniatites bicostatus (157639) Phoenixites concentricus (136821 136824 136889) Phoenixites concentricus, Truyolsoceras bicostatum (136818) Phoenixites sp. (136888) Truyolsoceras bicostatum (84629 136826)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Poland Oxytornoceras acutum (135749) Oxytornoceras acutum, Phoenixites frechi, Tornoceras sublentiforme (135716) Phoenixites frechi (135714) Tornoceras sublentiforme (135719)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Spain (Aragon) Falcitornoceras sp. (40501)
Early/Lower Famennian - Middle Famennian376.1 - 364.7Australia (Western Australia) Oxytornoceras n. sp. (38801)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Australia (Western Australia) Epitornoceras peracutum (39108 65093) Epitornoceras peracutum, Tornoceras simplex (39072 39110) Epitornoceras peracutum, Tornoceras simplex, Polonoceras delepinei (39104) Tornoceras simplex (39078 39083 39084 39085 39091 39109 65094 65104 65353 65356) Tornoceras simplex, Polonoceras delepinei, Tornoceras simplex (39079)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9France (Alsace) Falcitornoceras falciculum, Phoenixites frechi, Tornoceras typum, Phoenixites sulcatus (38676)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Tajikistan Lobotornoceras bicaniculatum (184359)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9China (Nei Mongol) Tornoceras planidorsatum (3958)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Germany (Sauerland) Falcitornoceras escoti (235206)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Kazakhstan (Chelyabinsk) Lobotornoceras bilobatum, Polonoceras planidorsatum (172159)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Kazakhstan Lobotornoceras bilobatum (172161 172162) Lobotornoceras bilobatum, Polonoceras planidorsatum (172156)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7USA (Montana) Tornoceras crebiseptum (6972 6975 6977) Tornoceras sp. (64138)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Russian Federation (Chelyabinsk) Polonoceras planidorsatum (172157 172158)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Australia (Western Australia) Armatites planidorsatus (223584) Polonoceras delepinei (39080 39090 39101 39102 39106 65113 65115 65120 65122 65124 65125 65373 65374 65378 65379 65385 65386) Tornoceras simplex (39105) Tornoceras simplex, Polonoceras delepinei (39081 39086 65119)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Morocco Gundolficeras sp. (135652) Tornoceratidae indet. (170731 170756)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Falcitornoceras bilobatum (135751)