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Berkhoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Berkhoceratidae

Taxonomy
Berkhoceratidae was named by Librovitch (1957).

It was assigned to Dimorphocerataceae by Korn (2006); and to Dimorphoceratoidea by Furnish et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Berkhoceratidae Librovitch
2006Berkhoceratidae Korn
2009Berkhoceratidae Furnish et al. p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDimorphoceratoidea()
familyBerkhoceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
familyBerkhoceratidaeLibrovitch 1957

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. †Berkhoceratidae Librovitch 1957
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G. †Kazakhoceras Ruzhencev 1947
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†Kazakhoceras bylundi Korn and Titus 2011
†Kazakhoceras hawkinsi Moore 1930
†Kazakhoceras scaliger Schmidt 1934
†Kazakhoceras yanshini Ruzhentsev 1947
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Invalid names: Berkhoceras boreale Librovitch 1957 [synonym], Kazakhoceras compressum Liang 1957 [synonym]
Invalid names: Berkhoceras Librovitch 1957 [synonym]
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Arnsbergian or 340.00000 to 323.70000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian340.0 - 336.0USA (Nevada) Kazakhoceras bylundi (134647)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0USA (Utah) Kazakhoceras bylundi (134499 134508 134615 134618)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Kazakhstan Kazakhoceras hawkinsi (166868 166869)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Kazakhstan Kazakhoceras hawkinsi (8421 166865 166866 166873 166875 166876 166878 166879 166880 166881 166882 166884 166885 166886 166887 166888 166889 166890 166891 166894 166895 166957 166958 166964 166965)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) Kazakhoceras scaliger (8620)