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Westonoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Discosorida - Westonoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Westonoceratidae Teichert
1958Westonoceratidae Sweet
1964Westonoceratidae Teichert et al. p. 331
1967Westonoceratidae Miagkova
1980Westonoceratidae Stait
1981Westonoceratidae Crick p. 229
2017Westonoceratidae Kröger and Aubrechtova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderDiscosoridaFlower 1950
familyWestonoceratidaeTeichert 1933
familyWestonoceratidaeTeichert 1933

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. †Westonoceratidae Teichert 1933
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G. †Antiphragmoceras Foerste 1925
G. †Broeggeroceras Sweet 1958
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G. †Clarkesvillia Flower 1946
G. †Faberoceras Flower 1946
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†Faberoceras subarctuatum Portlock 1843
G. †Glyptodendron Claypole 1878
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†Glyptodendron eatonense Claypole 1878
Invalid names: Glyptoceras Foerste 1893 [objective synonym]
G. †Hecatoceras Teichert and Glenister 1952
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†Hecatoceras longinquum Teichert and Glenister 1952
G. †Hemibeloitoceras Balashov 1962
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†Hemibeloitoceras arduum Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
†Hemibeloitoceras molis Kröger and Aubrechtova 2017
G. †Lavaloceras Flower 1952
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†Lavaloceras geniculatum Flower 1952
G. †Reedsoceras Foerste 1929
G. †Simardoceras Flower 1957
G. †Sinclairoceras Flower 1952
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†Sinclairoceras haha Flower 1952
G. †Teichertoceras Foerste 1933
G. †Westonoceras Foerste 1924
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†Westonoceras askerense Strand 1934
†Westonoceras baffinense Schuchert 1900
†Westonoceras cornulum Schuchert 1900
†Westonoceras manitobense Whiteaves 1890
†Westonoceras osloense Strand 1934
Invalid names: Thuleoceras Troedsson 1928 [synonym]
G. †Winnipegoceras Foerste 1928
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†Winnipegoceras laticurvatum Whiteaves 1897
†Winnipegoceras sinclairi Flower 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:38
Modified: 2007-09-07 06:48:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 470.00000 to 402.50000 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina Westonoceras sp. (9038)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Mantiboa) Westonoceras sp. (24163)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Westonoceras sp. (24164)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Manitoba) Westonoceras sp., Winnipegoceras sp. (24165)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) Teichertoceras sp. (24223) Westonoceras sp. (24125 24161 24240)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway Broeggeroceras sp. (2947)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Hecatoceras sp. (2685)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Wyoming) Westonoceras sp., Winnipegoceras sp. (24167)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (South Dakota) Westonoceras sp., Winnipegoceras sp. (24168)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Iowa, Minnesota) Westonoceras sp. (24169)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Estonia Winnipegoceras sp. (24175)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) Lavaloceras geniculatum (89097) Winnipegoceras sinclairi (89091)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Australia (Tasmania) Hecatoceras longinquum (189080)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Reedsoceras macrostomum (23689 23690)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Reedsoceras macrostomum (23751 23752 23753 23756 23757 23758)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Reedsoceras macrostomum (23691)
Kirkfieldian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Sinclairoceras haha (89090)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Teichertoceras husseyi, Westonoceras minnesotense (23769 23770 23771 23773 23775 23776 23777)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Teichertoceras husseyi, Westonoceras minnesotense (23711) Teichertoceras husseyi, Westonoceras minnesotense, Westonoceras iowense, Westonoceras sp. (23717)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Winnipegoceras sp. (26947 26948 26957)
Trentonian - Richmondian457.3 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Westonoceras tumidum, Thuleoceras ornatum (24115)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Estonia (Harju) Hemibeloitoceras sp., Hemibeloitoceras molis (87273 169041)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Estonia (Vasalemma) Hemibeloitoceras arduum (188570 188678) Hemibeloitoceras molis (188677)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway (Oslo) Broeggeroceras contractum (164170)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Westonoceras greggi, Winnipegoceras laticurvatum (24116)
Eastonian452.7 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) Hecatoceras obliquum, Hecatoceras longinquum (189079)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Westonoceras minnesotense, Westonoceras iowense, Westonoceras sp. (23724)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Westonoceras putnami, Westonoceras gouldi (24225)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Westonoceras minnesotense, Westonoceras iowense, Westonoceras sp. (23779) Westonoceras minnesotense, Westonoceras iowense, Westonoceras sp., Westonoceras exiguum (23778)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) Faberoceras sp., Westonoceras sp. (385)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Winnipegoceras laticurvatum, Westonoceras manitobense (26340)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Westonoceras sp. (26943)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) Westonoceras nelsonense, Winnipegoceras dowlingi, Winnipegoceras laticurvatum (13656) Westonoceras nelsonense, Winnipegoceras dowlingi, Winnipegoceras nelsonense, Winnipegoceras laticurvatum (13655) Westonoceras nelsonense, Winnipegoceras laticurvatum (13654)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Cyrtoceras manitobense (174050)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Colorado) Westonoceras sp. (24166)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Faberoceras sp. (390)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Norway Broeggeroceras elongatum (163018) Westonoceras osloense (164223)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) Winnipegoceras sp. (164229)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Westonoceras breviposticum, Westonoceras gouldi, Westonoceras greggi, Westonoceras putnami, Westonoceras thompsoni, Westonoceras tumidum, Westonoceras washburni, Westonoceras wilsonae, Westonoceras spp., Winnipegoceras royi, Winnipegoceras humei, Winnipegoceras sp., Winnipegoceras laticurvatum, Westonoceras baffinense, Westonoceras cornulum (24124)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Orthoceras subarctuatum (89260)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Clarkesvillia sp. (392)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) Winnipegoceras callahani (23026) Winnipegoceras contractum (23011)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Oslo Asker) Westonoceras askerense (164224)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway Broeggeroceras elongatum (164188)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Winnipegoceras fragmentaricum (162233)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana, Ohio) Westonoceras sp. (24171)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) Thuleoceras baffinense, Cyrtoceras cornulum, Cyrtoceras manitobense (24162)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Teichertoceras sp. (40704)