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Bactroceras

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Baltoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Bactroceras Holm p. 357
1932Eobactrites Schindewolf
1958Eobactrites Sweet
1964Bactroceras Teichert et al. p. 155
1964Eobactrites Teichert et al. p. 501
1981Bactroceras Crick p. 227
2005Bactroceras Evans
2011Bactroceras Kröger and Evans
2012Bactroceras Kröger and Lefebvre

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyBaltoceratidaeKobayashi 1935
genusBactrocerasHolm 1898

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.

G. †Bactroceras Holm 1898
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Invalid names: Bactroceras guichiense Ying 1989 [synonym], Bactroceras jingshanlingense Zou 1987 [synonym], Bactroceras latisiphonatum Glenister 1952 [synonym], Bactroceras wilsoni Flower 1968 [synonym], Irianoceras antiquum Kobayashi and Burton 1971 [synonym]
Bactroceras avus Holm 1898
Bactroceras gossei Etheridge 1893
Bactroceras mourguesi Thoral 1935
Bactroceras sandbergeri Barrande 1867
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Invalid names: Tretoceras parvulum Barrande 1868 [synonym]
Invalid names: Eobactrites Schindewolf 1932 [synonym]
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Dawan to the top of the Onnian or 478.60000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hunan) B. sp. (7703)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7France (Languedoc-Roussillon) B. mourguesi (101704)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) B. mourguesi (101708 101709 101710 101713)
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8Indonesia (unknown) Irianoceras antiquum (64611)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen B. angustisiphonatum (89288)
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (Hunan) B. sp. (7691)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Guizhou) B. sp. (4760)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hunan) B. sp. (7701)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) B. mourguesi (101711 101714 101715)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco (Anti Atlas) B. sp. (166731)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Bolivia (Tarija) B. avus (88177)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0United Kingdom (Wales) B. sandbergeri (89414)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) B. sp. (297) B. wilsoni (104459)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) B. wilsoni (233163)
Abereiddian468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) B. sandbergeri (89420)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Czech Republic (Prague) Eobactrites sp. (76458)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic Eobactrites sp. (3857)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9China (Hubei) B. sp. (4711)
Aseri - Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Norway (Oslo Asker) Eobactrites sandbergeri (163963)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) Endoceras angustisiphonatum (89413)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Sweden B. sp. (2933)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9China (AnHui) B. sp. (7852)
Middle Llandeilo - Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (Hubei) B. sp. (4710)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0China (ShanXi) B. sp. (7884)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0China (Anhui) B. sp. (7836)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (New South Wales) B. sp. (2661 2709 2746)
Eastonian - Bolindian452.7 - 443.7Australia (New South Wales) B. sp. (2748)