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Charactoceras

Cephalopoda - Apsidoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Charactoceras Foerste p. 234
1928Characteroceras Twenhofel p. 286
1934Charactoceras Strand
1935Charactocerina Foerste p. 85
1964Charactoceras Teichert et al. p. 382
1964Charactocerina Teichert et al. p. 382
1981Charactoceras Crick p. 229
1981Charactocerina Crick p. 229
1982Charactoceras Frye p. 1284
2002Charactoceras Sepkoski
2002Charactocerina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
familyApsidoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusCharactocerasFoerste 1924

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. †Charactoceras Foerste 1924
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Charactoceras baeri Meek and Worthen 1865
Charactoceras cinereum Blake 1882
Charactoceras estonicum Strand 1934
Charactoceras hercules Billings 1857
Invalid names: Charactocerina Foerste 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Cautleyan or 451.00000 to 448.80000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Manitoba) C. sp. (24165)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Iowa, Minnesota) C. sp. (24169)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Wyoming) C. sp. (24167)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Estonia C. sp. (24175)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Quebec) C. sp. (24172 24173)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (26951 26952)
Trentonian - Richmondian457.3 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) C. schucherti (24115)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) C. schucherti (24116)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) C. triangulum, C. kallholnense, C. suecicum, C. raettvikense (89486 124939)
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarna) C. raettvikense (89487)
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) C. triangulum (73413)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) C. plicatus (26340)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Iowa) C. sp. (24170)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) C. laddi (23783)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. laddi (23741)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) C. manitobense (13654 13656) Charactocerina kirki (13652)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) C. laddi (23784)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Colorado) C. sp. (24166)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Norway (Oslo Asker) C. sp. (164206)
Vormsi - Pirgu449.9 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) C. estonicum (164229)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Nautilus hercules (63675)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) C. schucherti (24124)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Trochoceras cinereum (89260)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Charactocerina thorsteinssoni (188769)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) C. sp., Charactocerina sp. (394)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) C. laddi, C. warrenae (23011) Charactocerina goodwini (23014) Charactocerina leithi (23031)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) C. estonicum (162233)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway C. estonicum (163022)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana, Ohio) C. sp. (24171)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana) C. baeri (5323) Charactocerina faberi, C. baeri (5324)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.7Sweden (Dalarne) C. kallholnense (73462)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) C. sp. (24162)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Phragmoceras compressum (154951)
Cautleyan - Ashgill449.2 - 443.7United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) C. cinereum (13841)