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Brevicoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Brevicoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Brevicoceratidae Flower
1964Brevicoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 299
1981Brevicoceratidae Chen et al. p. 74
2008Brevicoceratidae Kröger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyBrevicoceratidaeFlower 1945
familyBrevicoceratidaeFlower 1945

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. †Brevicoceratidae Flower 1945
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G. †Blastocerina Flower 1940
G. †Brevicoceras Flower 1938
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Brevicoceras casteri Flower 1938
Brevicoceras magnum Kröger 2008
Subfm. †Brevicoceratinae Flower 1941
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G. †Cyrtractoceras Chen et al. 1981
G. †Cerovoceras Kröger 2008
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Cerovoceras brevidomus Kröger 2008
Cerovoceras fatimi Kröger 2008
G. †Eleusoceras Flower 1938
G. †Exocyrtoceras Flower 1938
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Exocyrtoceras minutum Flower 1945
Exocyrtoceras reimanni Flower 1945
G. †Foersteoceras Ruedemann 1925
G. †Gonionaedyceras Flower 1945
G. †Gyronaedyceras Flower 1945
G. †Mitroceras Hyatt 1894
G. †Naedyceras Hyatt 1884
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Naedyceras contractum Flower 1945
Naedyceras gibbosum Flower 1945
Invalid names: Gyroceras Owen 1844 [synonym]
G. †Ovoceras Flower 1936
G. †Oxygonioceras Foerste 1925
G. †Stereotoceras Flower 1950
Subfm. †Stereotoceratinae Chen et al. 1981
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G. †Eostereotoceras Chen et al. 1981
G. †Verticoceras Flower 1936
G. †Wissenbachia Foerste 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:44
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Gamachian to the top of the Eifelian or 449.50000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) Oxygonioceras cuneatum (26358)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic Oxygonioceras sp. (233408)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) Foersteoceras sp., Mitroceras sp. (517) Mitroceras gebhardi (491)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2China Eostereotoceras sp. (228662)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) Naedyceras branzovensis (104794)
Pragian - Middle Givetian410.8 - 380.2Morocco Brevicoceras magnum, Cerovoceras fatimi, Cerovoceras brevidomus (208110)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) Gyroceras paucinodum (9617) Ovoceras sp. (9613)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco Brevicoceras magnum, Cerovoceras fatimi, Cerovoceras brevidomus (92077)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Brevicoceras conicum (3849) Exocyrtoceras minutum (3846) Exocyrtoceras sp. (3844) Exocyrtoceras sp., Exocyrtoceras minutum (3845)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Canada (Manitoba) Gyroceras submamilatum (624)