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Poterioceratidae

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Poterioceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Poterioceratidae Foord
1964Poterioceratidae Teichert et al. p. 314

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyPoterioceratidaeFoord 1888
familyPoterioceratidaeFoord 1888

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. †Poterioceratidae Foord 1888
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G. †Argocheilus Shimanskiy 1961
G. †Cyrtogomphus Flower 1938
G. †Mecynoceras Foerste 1926
G. †Poterioceras M'Coy 1844
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Invalid names: Calchasiceras [synonym]
G. †Welleroceras Miller and Furnish 1938
G. †Xenoceras Flower 1952
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 Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Virgilian or 376.10000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany (Rhenish Massif) Cyrtogomphus obesum, Cyrtogomphus subsanum (5960)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Poterioceras sp., Welleroceras liratum (69302)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Kazakhstan Poterioceras cuneatum, Poterioceras oviforme (8421)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Poterioceras sp. (156715)