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Actinoceras
Taxonomy
Actinoceras was named by Bronn (1837).
It was assigned to Actinoceratidae by Strand (1934), Teichert et al. (1964), Crick (1981) and Frey (1995); and to Actinocerida by Flower (1957) and Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Actinoceratidae by Strand (1934), Teichert et al. (1964), Crick (1981) and Frey (1995); and to Actinocerida by Flower (1957) and Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
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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. †Actinoceras Bronn 1837
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†Actinoceras abortivum Flower 1957
†Actinoceras aequale Flower 1957
†Actinoceras altopontense Foerste and Teichert 1930
†Actinoceras anticostiense Billings 1857
†Actinoceras arcuanotum Flower 1943
†Actinoceras carletonense Twenhofel 1928
†Actinoceras curdsvillense Foerste and Teichert 1930
†Actinoceras gradatum Flower 1957
†Actinoceras huronioides Flower 1957
†Actinoceras incantatum Flower 1957
†Actinoceras insulaenigrae Strand 1934
†Actinoceras kentuckiense Foerste and Teichert 1930
†Actinoceras lambei Foerste 1924
†Actinoceras lesperancei Holland and Copper 2008
†Actinoceras margaretae Flower 1957
†Actinoceras mutabile Flower 1957
†Actinoceras sinclairi Flower 1957
†Actinoceras winstoni Flower 1957
Invalid names: Metactinoceras [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Asbian or 470.00000 to 336.00000 Ma
Collections (90 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Arenig | China (ShanDong) | A. sp. (20775) A. sp., Metactinoceras sp. (20773) | |
| Arenig | China (HeBei) | A. sp. (7956 7961 7962 7966 7967) | |
| Arenig - Llanvirn | China (JiLin) | A. sp. (21141) | |
| Fennian | Malaysia (Perlis) | A. perlisense, A. sp. (56161) | |
| Middle Ordovician | Norway | A. sp. (154903) | |
| Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician | Canada (Nunavut) | A. sp. (24125 24161 24220 24236) | |
| Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician | Canada (Saskatchewan) | A. sp. (24164) | |
| Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician | Canada (Manitoba) | A. sp. (24165) | |
| Llanvirn | China (JiLin) | A. sp. (21148) | |
| Llanvirn | China (HeNan) | A. sp. (20771) | |
| Llandeilo | China (LiaoNing) | A. sp. (20758) | |
| Uhaku - Haljala | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) | Metactinoceras sp. (204900) | |
| Caradoc | USA (Wisconsin) | A. sp. (55474) | |
| Caradoc | Canada (Ontario) | A. sp. (336) | |
| Late/Upper Ordovician | Canada (Quebec) | A. sp. (24172 24173 24174) | |
| Late/Upper Ordovician | USA (Wyoming) | A. sp. (24167) | |
| Turinian | Canada (Ontario) | A. aequale (172557) A. bigsbyi (26175 26188) A. margaretae, A. gradatum (89017) | |
| Turinian | Canada (Quebec) | A. sp. (185481 185482 185483 185484) | |
| Blackriveran | USA (New York) | A. ruedemanni (324 325) | |
| Blackriveran | USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) | A. bigsbyi, A. beloitense, A. gravicentrum (23752) A. bigsbyi, A. beloitense, A. janesvillensis (23756 23757) A. bigsbyi, A. beloitense, A. janesvillensis, A. gravicentrum (23753 23758) | |
| Blackriveran | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | A. gradatum (27425 27426 27427) | |
| Blackriveran | Canada (Ontario) | A. aequale (55999) | |
| Blackriveran | USA (Minnesota) | A. beloitense, A. gravicentrum (23689) A. beloitense, A. janesvillensis, A. gravicentrum (23690) | |
| Blackriveran - Rocklandian | USA (Minnesota) | A. bigsbyi, A. beloitense, A. janesvillensis, A. gravicentrum (23691) | |
| Kirkfieldian - Shermanian | Canada (Quebec) | A. sinclairi, A. huronioides, A. mutabile (89090) | |
| Rocklandian | USA (Kentucky) | A. altopontense, A. kentuckiense (87737 87739) | |
| Rocklandian | USA (Tennessee) | A. tenuifilum (5346) | |
| Shermanian | USA (Tennessee) | A. capitolinum (5355) A. cuvieri (5352) | |
| Trentonian | Canada (Quebec) | A. winstoni (172558) | |
| Wildernessian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. ruedemanni (26949 26953 26955 26957) | |
| Chatfieldian - Edenian | Canada (Nunavut) | A. sp. (24116) | |
| Katian | Canada (Quebec) | A. lesperancei (204335) A. sp. (185487) Orthoceras anticostense (182446) | |
| Edenian | USA (New Mexico) | A. incantatum (172559 172561) | |
| Edenian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. bigsbyi (26340) | |
| Edenian | USA (Minnesota) | A. sp. (23724) | |
| Edenian | USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) | A. sp. (23778 23779) | |
| Edenian - Maysvillian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | A. bigsbyi (26341 26342) | |
| Maysvillian - Richmondian | USA (Colorado) | A. sp. (10338 10390 24166) | |
| Vormsi | Norway (Oslo Asker) | A. insulaenigrae (164206) | |
| Richmondian | Canada (Ontario) | A. lambei (173012) | |
| Richmondian | Canada (Nunavut) | A. clarkei, A. sp. (24124) A. sp. (24187) | |
| Richmondian | USA (Michigan) | A. bigsbyi (26317) | |
| Richmondian | Canada (Quebec) | A. anticostiense, A. carletonense (63675) | |
| Richmondian - Hirnantian | Canada (Québec) | A. lesperancei (204333) | |
| Ashgill - Richmondian | Canada (Ontario) | A. crebriseptum (26303) | |
| Pirgu | Norway (Ringerike) | A. insulaenigrae (162234) | |
| Cautleyan | Greenland (Washington Land) | A. ruedemanni (24162) | |
| Rhuddanian | Canada (Quebec) | A. lesperancei (204332) | |
| Llandovery | USA (New York) | A. sp. (450) | |
| Telychian | USA (New York) | A. vertebratum (82569) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | USA (Illinois) | A. sp. (26770) | |
| Asbian | United Kingdom (England) | A. insulare (6064) A. sp. (5995) |