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Arionoceras

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Arionoceratidae

Taxonomy
Arionoceras was named by Barskov (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-u S Prid Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Arionoceratidae.

It was assigned to Arionoceratidae by Kröger (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Arionoceras Barskov
2008Arionoceras Kröger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyArionoceratidaeDzik 1984
genusArionocerasBarskov 1966

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. †Arionoceras Barskov 1966
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Arionoceras canonicum Meneghini 1843
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Invalid names: Arionoceras affine Meneghini 1857 [synonym], Orthoceras arion Barrande 1866 [synonym]
Arionoceras capillosum Barrande 1868
Arionoceras densiseptum Kobayashi et al. 1984
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 Gorstian to the top of the Lochkovian or 427.40000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Italy (Sardinia) A. sp. (26158)
Wenlock - Pridoli433.4 - 419.2Italy (Sardinia) A. repetitum, A. affine (26163)
Homerian - Gorstian430.5 - 425.6Italy (Sardinia) A. affine (26167 26177)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Italy (Sardinia) A. affine, A. capillosum (26178) A. capillosum (26168)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Japan (Skikoku) A. densiseptum (188691)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2Austria Orthoceras arion (13911)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Italy A. sp. (26127)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic A. sp. (233408)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Morocco A. sp., A. canonicum (91456)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Italy (Sardinia) A. repetitum (26169) A. sp. (26160)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Czech Republic (Cikana) A. sp. (233409)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2France A. arion (26108)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Italy (Sardinia) A. affine (26170 26187) A. sp., A. affine (26173)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Italy (Sardinia) A. sp. (26165)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Morocco A. capillosum (91609)