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Huroniidae

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Huroniidae

Taxonomy
Huroniidae was named by Foerste and Teichert (1930).

It was assigned to Actinocerida by Teichert et al. (1964) and Crick (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Huroniidae Foerste and Teichert
1964Huroniidae Teichert et al. p. 208
1981Huroniidae Crick p. 227

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyHuroniidaeFoerste and Teichert 1930
familyHuroniidaeFoerste and Teichert 1930

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. †Huroniidae Foerste and Teichert 1930
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G. †Discoactinoceras Kobayashi 1927
G. †Huronia Stokes 1824
G. †Huroniella Foerste 1924
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 14:33:57
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Wenlock or 478.60000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Huroniidae indet. (212926)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (ShanDong) Discoactinoceras sp. (20773)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) Huronia sp. (24231)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (HeBei) Discoactinoceras sp. (7994)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China (Tibet) Discoactinoceras multiplexum (233263)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9China (HeBei) Discoactinoceras sp. (7988)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Huronia sp. (24225)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) Huronia septata (23031)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Huroniella sp. (206484)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Huroniella sp., Huroniella inflecta (79514)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Québec) Huroniella sp. (24416 24418)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Canada (Québec) Huroniella sp. (24412)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Québec) Huroniella sp. (24420 24423 24424 24435)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Iowa) Huronia sp. (25015)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Huronia gaspensis (184842) Huroniella timiskamingensis (160001)
Niagaran438.0 - 421.3USA (Utah) Huronia vertebralis (10393)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (California) Huronia sp., Huroniella sp. (225993)