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Reticuloceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Reticuloceratidae

Taxonomy
Reticuloceras was named by Bisat (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: C Bash-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Goniatites reticulatus. It is the type genus of Reticuloceratidae, Reticuloceratinae.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Reticuloceratidae by Korn (2006); and to Reticuloceratinae by Furnish et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Reticuloceras Bisat
2002Reticuloceras Sepkoski
2006Reticuloceras Korn
2009Reticuloceras Furnish et al. p. 95

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyReticuloceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
subfamilyReticuloceratinaeLibrovich 1957
genusReticulocerasBisat 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. †Reticuloceras Bisat 1924
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Subg. †Reticuloceras (Verneuilites) Librovitch 1939
†Reticuloceras devium Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
†Reticuloceras excultum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
†Reticuloceras instatum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
†Reticuloceras orientale Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
†Reticuloceras reticulatum Phillips 1836
†Reticuloceras surenense Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
†Reticuloceras tiro Gordon 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height466.591.7017.06.703.62
shell diameter4616.65.9042.016.67.52
shell inflation465.062.3012.55.152.34

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Marsdenian or 323.20000 to 320.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian - Yeadonian330.9 - 318.7United Kingdom (England) R. sp. (41259)
Bashkirian - Chokierian323.2 - 322.8China (Nei Mongol) R. reticulatum (672)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) R. tiro (43101 43109) R. wainwrighti, R. tiro (43099 43108)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (Arkansas) R. wainwrighti (157605) R. wainwrighti, R. tiro (157606)
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3United Kingdom R. reticulatum (166466)
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3Russian Federation R. devium (67764) R. devium, R. reticulatum (67753) R. excultum (67758) R. orientale, R. instatum (67750) R. sp. (67747 67749 67762 67767 67769) R. surenense (67768)
Kinderscoutian - Marsdenian321.8 - 320.0Ireland R. gracile (8213)
Kinderscoutian - Marsdenian321.8 - 320.0United Kingdom (England) R. gracile (8214)
Marsdenian321.3 - 320.0United Kingdom (England) R. gracile (8268)