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Ascoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Ascoceratidae Barrande
1964Ascoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 271
1981Ascoceratidae Crick p. 229
1982Ascoceratidae Frye p. 1275
2013Ascoceratidae Kröger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderAscoceridaKuhn 1949
familyAscoceratidaeBarrande 1867
familyAscoceratidaeBarrande 1867

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. †Ascoceratidae Barrande 1867
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G. †Ascoceras Barrande 1847
Subfm. †Ascoceratinae Barrande 1867
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G. †Aphragmites Barrande 1865
G. †Glossoceras Barrande 1865
G. †Parascoceras Miller 1932
G. †Billingsites Hyatt 1864
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†Billingsites anticostiensis Billings 1866
†Billingsites canadensis Billings 1857
†Billingsites deformis Eichwald 1860
G. †Schuchertoceras Miller 1932
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†Schuchertoceras fryi Kröger 2013
†Schuchertoceras norvegicum Barrande 1867
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Invalid names: Schuchertoceras ringerikiense Strand 1934 [synonym]
G. †Shamattawaceras Foerste and Savage 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:40
Modified: 2007-09-04 10:10:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Ludfordian or 451.00000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Billingsites williamsportensis (5368)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Billingsites borealis (26946)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Billingsites troedssoni, Schuchertoceras troedssoni, Schuchertoceras bodense (89486) Schuchertoceras troedssoni, Schuchertoceras bodense, Schuchertoceras fryi (124939)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Billingsites costulatum (26340)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) Billingsites costulatus (13655) Billingsites costulatus, Billingsites landerensis (13654)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Schuchertoceras thomasi (23744)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Schuchertoceras thomasi (23784 23785)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Billingsites newberryi (26315)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Schuchertoceras sp. (368 395)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Billingsites manitoulinense (173012)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Billingsites anticostiensis, Billingsites canadensis (63675)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Billingsites sp. (89260)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Billingsites sp. (26343)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Québec) Schuchertoceras anticostiense, Schuchertoceras newberryi (24330 24351)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Schuchertoceras sp. (392 394)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) Billingsites borealis (23018) Billingsites borealis, Billingsites keatingi, Billingsites canadensis (23011)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Schuchertoceras logani (37469)
Richmondian - Llandovery449.6 - 433.4Canada (Québec) Schuchertoceras sp. (24353 24376 24378)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Asker) Schuchertoceras ringerikiense (164216)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Billingsites deformis (162234) Schuchertoceras ringerikiense (164215)
Pusgillian - Rawtheyan449.5 - 445.2Norway (Langesund-Skien) Schuchertoceras norvegicum (159336)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) Schuchertoceras sp. (24380 24450 24452)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana) Schuchertoceras geniculatum, Schuchertoceras prolongatum, Schuchertoceras rotundum, Schuchertoceras sp. (5324)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) Schuchertoceras sp. (24338)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.7Sweden (Dalarne) Schuchertoceras troedssoni (73462)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway (Buskerud) Schuchertoceras ringerikiense (89488)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Québec) Schuchertoceras sp. (24336)
Niagaran438.0 - 421.3USA (Indiana) Ascoceras newberryi, Ascoceras wabashense (22818)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Ascoceras fistula, Ascoceras lagena, Ascoceras sp. (13597)
Wenlock - Silurian433.4 - 419.2USA (Wisconsin) Ascoceras croneisi (13107)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Ascoceras cucumis, Ascoceras decipiens, Ascoceras manubrium, Ascoceras pupa, Ascoceras reticulatum, Ascoceras sipho, Ascoceras sp., Glossoceras gracile (13603)
Gorstian - Ludfordian427.4 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Ascoceras sipho, Ascoceras sp. (13617)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) Ascoceras vermiforme (478)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Ascoceras bohemicum, Ascoceras gradatum (13620) Ascoceras cochleatum, Ascoceras fistula, Ascoceras gradatum, Ascoceras sp. (13622)