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Sactoceras

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Sactoceratidae

Taxonomy
Sactoceras was named by Hyatt (1884).

It was assigned to Actinocerida by Flower (1957); to Sactoceratidae by Evans (2000); and to Orthocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Sactoceras Hyatt
1957Sactoceras Flower
2000Sactoceras Evans pp. 583 - 584
2002Sactoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
superfamilyPseudorthoceratoideaFlower and Caster 1935
familySactoceratidaeTroedsson 1926
genusSactocerasHyatt 1884

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. †Sactoceras Hyatt 1884
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Sactoceras hadelandicum Strand 1934
Sactoceras manitoulinense Foerste 1924
Sactoceras piso Billings 1865
Sactoceras tyriense Strand 1934
Sactoceras westonense Foerste 1924
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available