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Acleistoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Acleistoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Acleistoceratidae Flower
1964Acleistoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 308
1981Acleistoceratidae Chen et al. p. 75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyAcleistoceratidaeFlower 1950
familyAcleistoceratidaeFlower 1950

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. †Acleistoceratidae Flower 1950
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G. †Acleistoceras Hyatt 1884
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Acleistoceras albani Clarke 1908
G. †Amphicyrtoceras Foerste 1924
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G. †Anomeioceras Foerste 1930
G. †Austinoceras Foerste 1934
G. †Byronoceras Foerste and Savage 1927
G. †Chadwickoceras Foerste 1930
G. †Clionyssiceras Foerste 1930
G. †Crateroceras Foerste and Savage 1927
G. †Ectocyrtoceras Foerste 1930
G. †Euryrizoceras Foerste 1935
G. †Galtoceras Foerste 1934
G. †Grimsbyoceras Foerste 1934
G. †Hercocyrtoceras Foerste 1927
G. †Paracleistoceras Foerste 1926
G. †Perioidanoceras Foerste 1930
G. †Poteriocerina Foerste 1926
G. †Rhomboceras Foerste 1934
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Invalid names: Rhomboceras [objective synonym]
G. †Slocomoceras Foerste 1930
G. †Streptoceras Billings 1866
G. †Tumidoceras Flower 1949
G. †Worthenoceras Foerste 1930
G. †Yunnanoceras Chen et al. 1981
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Rawtheyan to the top of the Givetian or 448.80000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Oslo) Amphicyrtoceras benedictae (73439)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Québec) Amphicyrtoceras futile (24416 24418)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Quebec) Amphicyrtoceras sp. (158598 158608)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Canada (Québec) Amphicyrtoceras futile (24412)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Amphicyrtoceras cooperi (184842)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Iowa) Amphicyrtoceras sp. (24969 25015)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Québec) Amphicyrtoceras futile (24420 24423 24424 24435)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4Canada (Manitoba) Amphicyrtoceras reedsi (26453 26632)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Italy (Sardinia) Galtoceras sp. (26158)
Wenlock - Pridoli433.4 - 419.2Italy (Sardinia) Galtoceras sardoum (26163)
Wenlock - Silurian433.4 - 419.2USA (Wisconsin) Amphicyrtoceras laterale, Amphicyrtoceras orcas, Amphicyrtoceras sp. 1 (13069 13075) Amphicyrtoceras laterale, Amphicyrtoceras sp. 1, Crateroceras raymondi (13107) Amphicyrtoceras orcas, Amphicyrtoceras sp. 1 (13104)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0China (Yunnan) Byronoceras sp., Ectocyrtoceras sp., Euryrizoceras sp., Worthenoceras sp., Yunnanoceras sp. (27912)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0China Yunnanoceras sp. (228661)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2China Byronoceras sp., Ectocyrtoceras sp., Euryrizoceras sp., Worthenoceras sp., Yunnanoceras sp. (228662)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Quebec) Cyrtoceras albani (233202)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Acleistoceras hyatti (3846)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) Acleistoceras sp. (38450 38451 38452 38453 38454 38455 38456)