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Agathiceras
Taxonomy
Agathiceras was named by Gemmellaro (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-l P Guad-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. Its type is Agathiceras suessi. It is the type genus of Agathiceratoidea.
It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Agathiceratidae by Teichert (1944), Leonova (1989), Leonova (2002), Tazawa et al. (2005), Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009) and Zhou (2017).
It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Agathiceratidae by Teichert (1944), Leonova (1989), Leonova (2002), Tazawa et al. (2005), Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009) and Zhou (2017).
Species
A. (Agathiceras), A. anceps, A. applanatum, A. applini, A. brouweri, A. broweri, A. ciscoense, A. contractum, A. divisum, A. frechi, A. girtyi, A. iranicum, A. jilinense, A. mediterraneum (syn. A. altunense), A. sequaxilirae, A. suessi (type species), A. sundaicum, A. tornatum, A. uralicum (syn. A. asselicum), A. verkhoyanicum, A. vulgatum
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Agathiceras Gemmellaro p. 75 |
| 1944 | Agathiceras Teichert p. 85 |
| 1989 | Agathiceras Leonova p. 110 |
| 2002 | Agathiceras Leonova |
| 2002 | Agathiceras Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Agathiceras Tazawa et al. p. 22 |
| 2006 | Agathiceras Korn |
| 2009 | Agathiceras Furnish et al. p. 60 |
| 2017 | Agathiceras Zhou p. 45 |
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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. †Agathiceras Gemmellaro 1887
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Subg. †Agathiceras (Agathiceras) Gemmellaro 1887
†Agathiceras anceps Gemmellaro 1887
†Agathiceras applanatum Teichert 1944
†Agathiceras applini Plummer and Scott 1937
†Agathiceras brouweri Smith 1927
†Agathiceras broweri Smith 1927
†Agathiceras ciscoense Smith 1903
†Agathiceras contractum Plummer and Scott 1937
†Agathiceras divisum Sheng and Liu 1983
†Agathiceras frechi Böse 1919
†Agathiceras girtyi Böse 1919
†Agathiceras iranicum Korn and Ghaderi 2021
†Agathiceras jilinense Liang 1982
†Agathiceras mediterraneum Toumanskaya 1949
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Invalid names: Agathiceras altunense Wang 1983 [synonym]
†Agathiceras sequaxilirae Zhou 2017
†Agathiceras suessi Gemmellaro 1887
†Agathiceras sundaicum Haniel 1915
†Agathiceras tornatum Gemmellaro 1887
†Agathiceras uralicum Karpinsky 1874
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Invalid names: Agathiceras asselicum Ruzhentsev 1938 [synonym]
†Agathiceras verkhoyanicum Andrianov 1985
†Agathiceras vulgatum Ruzhentsev 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 127 | 10.2 | 1.30 | 28.5 | 10.8 | 6.03 | |
| shell diameter | 127 | 18.0 | 2.60 | 48.5 | 19.0 | 10.1 | |
| shell inflation | 127 | 0.082 | 0.001 | 4.00 | 0.900 | 1.14 |
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Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Capitanian or 315.20000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections (238 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscovian | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (79328) | |
| Gzhelian | Russian Federation | A. uralicum (172254 172256 172259 172260 172262 172263 172264 172265 172266 172269 172270 172272 172291 172292) | |
| Gzhelian | Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) | A. uralicum (172290) | |
| Gzhelian | Canada (Nunavut) | A. sp. (117189) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Texas) | A. ciscoense (43483 128643) A. frechi (128585) A. frechi, A. ciscoense (128582 128583) A. sp. (105578) | |
| Gzhelian | Kazakhstan | A. uralicum (81344 81345 81346 81347 81349 81359 172282 172283 172370) | |
| Gzhelian - Asselian | Kazakhstan | A. uralicum (172284) | |
| Gzhelian - Asselian | Iran | A. iranicum (226697 226698) | |
| Asselian | Japan | A. sp. (116014 214599) | |
| Asselian | Canada (Nunavut) | A. sp. (115639) | |
| Asselian | USA (California) | A. sp. (120707 120708) | |
| Asselian | Kazakhstan | A. uralicum (81360 81361 81369) | |
| Asselian | China (Guangxi) | A. sequaxilirae (185583 185585) A. vulgatum (95829) | |
| Asselian | Greece | A. sp. (120899) | |
| Asselian | Russian Federation | A. verkhoyanicum (151150) | |
| Asselian | USA (Texas) | A. sp. (43482) A. uralicum (43474 43478 43479 43481) | |
| Asselian | Tajikistan | A. vulgatum (102491 102492 102493 102495 102496) | |
| Asselian - Sakmarian | China (Guangxi) | A. sequaxilirae (185582) | |
| Asselian - Sakmarian | Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) | A. uralicum (217202 217204) | |
| Wolfcampian | USA (Texas) | A. applini (211422) | |
| Asselian - Artinskian | China (Guangxi) | A. sp. (185590) | |
| Cisuralian | Iran | A. sp. (226701) | |
| Sakmarian | Kazakhstan | A. uralicum (81373) | |
| Sakmarian | Tajikistan | A. sp. (130230 130249) | |
| Sakmarian | Japan | A. sp. (107622) | |
| Sakmarian | USA (Texas) | A. uralicum (43571 43572 43573) | |
| Sakmarian | East Timor | A. sundaicum (61939) | |
| Sakmarian | Canada (Nunavut) | A. sp. (107937) | |
| Sakmarian - Artinskian | Japan | A. sp. (165692) | |
| Sakmarian - Artinskian | East Timor | A. sundaicum (21163) | |
| Sakmarian - Artinskian | Indonesia | A. sundaicum (133124) | |
| Artinskian | Russian Federation | A. sp. (107360) A. uralicum (116790) | |
| Artinskian | Thailand | A. sp. (61735 61736 82286) A. suessi (74978) | |
| Artinskian | Tajikistan | A. mediterraneum (130228 130231 130253) A. spp. (156577 156578) | |
| Artinskian | China (Guizhou) | A. sp. (185543) | |
| Artinskian | Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) | A. uralicum (125108) | |
| Artinskian | Kazakhstan | A. uralicum (116788 117790 125111 125114 125115 125117) | |
| Artinskian | Indonesia | A. sundaicum (129868) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | A. applini (90007 101769) A. sp. (43559 131221) A. uralicum (43604 75885 105581 105720) | |
| Artinskian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | A. uralicum (125109) | |
| Artinskian | China (Guangxi) | A. sp. (185586) | |
| Artinskian | Japan | A. sp. (107623) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | A. girtyi (90740 113205) A. sp. (75881) A. uralicum (43491 106145) | |
| Kungurian | China (Xinjiang) | A. mediterraneum (121705 121707) | |
| Kungurian | Tajikistan | A. mediterraneum (81384 109839 111247 111259 111260 111262 111264 111267 111276 111278 111279 111283 111287 111288 111289 111372 111377 111378 111382 111386 111394 177979 177981 177982 177983 177984 177985 178023 178024 178025 178026 178027 178028 178030 178031 178033 178034 178035 178036 178037 178038 178039 178043 178044 178045 178047 178048 178130 178131 178132 178133 178134 178135 178136 178137 178138 178139 178140) | |
| Kungurian | Thailand | A. mediterraneum (61737) A. sp., A. girtyi, A. suessi (82285) | |
| Kungurian | China (Guizhou) | A. mediterraneum (185574) A. sp. (185577) | |
| Kungurian | China (Guangxi) | A. sp. (185587) | |
| Roadian | Oman | A. suessi (102386 102388) | |
| Roadian | Ukraine | A. sp. (81423) | |
| Roadian | China (Guizhou) | A. sp. (185571) | |
| Roadian | Japan | A. sp. (107608 107610) | |
| Roadian | Australia (Western Australia) | A. applanatum (90231) | |
| Roadian | USA (Texas) | A. girtyi (106160 113128 113129 113182 113197 113206 113209 113220 113225 113266 128591) A. sp. (43512 101783 102610 106120 106125 106154) A. uralicum (106109 106117 106148 106150 106152 106172) | |
| Roadian | China (Xizang) | A. divisum (117564) | |
| Roadian - Wordian | Malaysia | A. sp. (40411 75569) | |
| Roadian - Wordian | Indonesia | A. broweri (39608) A. sundaicum, A. brouweri (43098) | |
| Wordian | China (Guizhou) | A. suessi (185584) | |
| Wordian | Canada (British Columbia) | A. girtyi (62319) A. suessi (62320) | |
| Wordian | China (Qinghai) | A. sp., A. suessi (102903) | |
| Wordian | USA (Texas) | A. girtyi (43550 113185) | |
| Wordian | Italy | A. suessi (108566 108972 233340) A. suessi, A. anceps (108671) A. suessi, A. tornatum (108567) | |
| Wordian | China (Jilin) | A. jilinense (107783) | |
| Wordian | Malaysia (Kelantan) | A. suessi (211367 211368) | |
| Wordian | Malaysia (Pahang) | A. sp. (50130) | |
| Wordian | Mexico (Coahuila) | A. girtyi (133177) | |
| Wordian | Iraq (Arbil) | A. suessi (82851) | |
| Wordian | Malaysia | A. suessi (111186) | |
| Wordian | Japan | A. sp. (107611 107612) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | China (Nei Mongol) | A. jilinense (107792) | |
| Capitanian | Tunisia (Madanin) | A. suessi (42097) | |
| Capitanian | Tunisia | A. suessi (113072) | |
| Capitanian | Japan | A. sp. (62292) A. suessi (149795) | |
| Capitanian | China (Sichuan) | A. suessi (138568) |