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Augustoceras

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Valcouroceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Augustoceras Flower p. 343
1964Augustoceras Teichert et al. p. 291
1981Augustoceras Crick p. 229
1982Augustoceras Stait
1995Augustoceras Frey p. P36
2002Augustoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyValcouroceratidaeFlower 1946
genusAugustocerasFlower 1946

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.

G. †Augustoceras Flower 1946
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Augustoceras molense Stait 1982
Augustoceras shideleri Flower 1946
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 Edenian to the top of the Bolindian or 451.00000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Georgia) A. sp., Cyrtoceras vallandinghami (32547 32552 32553 32554 32557 32558)
Franklinian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2USA (Tennessee) Cyrtoceras vallandighami (5371)
Eastonian - Bolindian452.7 - 443.7Australia (Tasmania) A. molense (189083)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) A. sp. (385)
Edenian - Caradoc451.0 - 449.5USA (Tennessee) Cyrtoceras vallandighami (5372)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) A. shideleri (87915)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Cyrtoceras vallandighami (5374)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) A. sp. (388)
Bolindian449.5 - 443.7Australia (Tasmania) A. molense (189093)