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Arcticoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae

Taxonomy
Arcticoceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cadoceratinae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Arctocephalitinae by Mitta (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Arcticoceras Arkell et al. p. 302
2002Arcticoceras Sepkoski
2016Arcticoceras Mitta p. 360

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyCardioceratidaeSiemiradzki 1891
subfamilyArctocephalitinaeMeledina 1968
genusArcticoceras

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 167.70000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1USA (Montana) A. sp. (68854)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Greenland A. ishmae (141379)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation A. ishmae (68354)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation A. ishmae (198894)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. sp. (212943 212974)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Wyoming) A. sp. (172984)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2USA (Alaska) A. sp. (5235 5485)