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Dactylioceratinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae

Taxonomy

Dactylioceratinae was named by Hyatt (1867). It is not extant. Its type is Dactylioceras.

It was assigned to Dactylioceratidae by Géczy and Meister (1998), Kutygin and Knyazev (2000), Hillebrandt (2006), Howarth (2013), Benzaggagh et al. (2022).

Subtaxa

Catacoeloceras (syn. Transicoeloceras), Collina (syn. Collinites, Mucrodactylites), Dactylioceras (syn. Toxodactylites, Vermidactylites, Anguidactylites, Arcidactylites, Rakusites, Leptodactylites, Koinodactylites, Microdactylites, Athlodactylites, Nomodactylites, Planicoeloceras, Parvidactylites, Peridactylites, Simplidactylites, Xeinodactylites, Curvidactylites) (type genus), Nodicoeloceras (syn. Crassicoeloceras, Fibulocoeloceras, Multicoeloceras, Mesodactylites, Lobodactylites, Spinicoeloceras), Peronoceras, Porpoceras (syn. Telodactylites, Platystrophites), Reynesoceras (syn. Aveyroniceras), Septimaniceras, Zugodactylites (syn. Gabillytes, Omolonoceras)

Synonyms

Kedoceratinae was named by Dagis (1968).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dactylioceratinae by Howarth (2013).
Mesodactylioceratinae was named by Pinna and Levi-Setti (1971).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dactylioceratinae by Howarth (2013).
Reynesoceratinae was named by Wiedenmayer (1977).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dactylioceratinae by Howarth (2013).
Nodicoeloceratinae was named by Venturi and Ferri (2001).

It was synonymized subjectively with Dactylioceratinae by Howarth (2013).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1867	Dactylioceratinae Hyatt
1968	Kedoceratinae Dagis
1971	Mesodactylioceratinae Pinna and Levi-Setti
1977	Reynesoceratinae Wiedenmayer
1998	Dactylioceratinae Géczy and Meister
2000	Dactylioceratinae Kutygin and Knyazev p. 15
2001	Nodicoeloceratinae Venturi and Ferri
2006	Dactylioceratinae Hillebrandt p. 225
2013	Dactylioceratinae Howarth p. 64
2022	Dactylioceratinae Benzaggagh et al. p. 9

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Eoderoceratoidea	(Spath 1929)
family	Dactylioceratidae	Hyatt 1867
subfamily	Dactylioceratinae	Hyatt 1867
subfamily	Dactylioceratinae	Hyatt 1867

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.

Subfm. †Dactylioceratinae Hyatt 1867

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G. †Catacoeloceras

†Catacoeloceras broilii Mitzopoulos 1930

†Catacoeloceras confectum Buckman 1923

†Catacoeloceras crassum Young and Bird 1828

†Catacoeloceras dumortieri de Brun 1932

†Catacoeloceras engeli Monestier 1931

†Catacoeloceras fonticulum Simpson 1855

†Catacoeloceras grangei Stevens 2008

†Catacoeloceras jordani Guex 1972

†Catacoeloceras prorsiradiatum Pinna 1966

†Catacoeloceras raquinianum d'Orbigny 1845

Invalid names: Transicoeloceras [synonym]

G. †Collina Bonarelli 1893

†Collina gemma Bonarelli 1894

†Collina lauxi Monestier 1931

†Collina linae Parisch and Viale 1906

†Collina nicklesi Guex 1971

†Collina pseudoyoungi Guex 1972

†Collina spinata Guex 1972

Invalid names: Collinites Atrops 1972 [synonym], Mucrodactylites [synonym]

G. †Dactylioceras Hyatt 1867

Subg. †Dactylioceras (Dactylioceras) Hyatt 1867

†Dactylioceras (Dactylioceras) attenuatus Simpson 1855

Subg. †Dactylioceras (Eodactylites) Schmidt-Effing 1972

†Dactylioceras (Eodactylites) mirabile Fucini 1919

†Dactylioceras (Eodactylites) polymorphum Fucini 1935

†Dactylioceras (Eodactylites) pseudocommune Fucini 1935

†Dactylioceras (Eodactylites) simplex Fucini 1935

Subg. †Dactylioceras (Iranodactylites) Repin 2000

Subg. †Dactylioceras (Orthodactylites) Buckman 1926

†Dactylioceras (Orthodactylites) crosbeyi Simpson 1843

†Dactylioceras (Orthodactylites) directum Buckman 1926

Invalid names: Orthodactylites mitis Buckman 1927 [synonym]

†Dactylioceras (Orthodactylites) semiannulatum Howarth 1978

Invalid names: Kedonoceras Dagis 1968 [synonym], Kryptodactylites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Tenuidactylites Buckman 1926 [synonym]

†Dactylioceras acanthus d'Orbigny 1850

†Dactylioceras alpestre Wiedenmayer 1980

†Dactylioceras amplum Dagys 1968

†Dactylioceras athleticum Simpson 1855

†Dactylioceras boreum Kopik 1968

†Dactylioceras commune Sowerby 1815

Invalid names: Dactylioceras absimile Dagys 1968 [synonym], Dactylioceras circumactum Dagys 1968 [synonym]

†Dactylioceras consimile Buckman 1926

†Dactylioceras crassescens Simpson 1855

†Dactylioceras crassifactum Simpson 1855

†Dactylioceras crassiusculum Simpson 1855

†Dactylioceras holandrei d'Orbigny 1845

†Dactylioceras kanense McLearn 1930

†Dactylioceras praepositum Buckman 1927

†Dactylioceras suntarense Krimholz 1957

†Dactylioceras temperatum Buckman 1927

†Dactylioceras toxophorum Buckman 1926

Invalid names: Anguidactylites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Arcidactylites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Athlodactylites Buckman 1927 [synonym], Curvidactylites Buckman 1927 [synonym], Koinodactylites Buckman 1927 [objective synonym], Leptodactylites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Microdactylites [synonym], Nomodactylites Buckman 1927 [synonym], Parvidactylites Buckman 1927 [synonym], Peridactylites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Planicoeloceras Venturi and Ferri 2001 [synonym], Rakusites Guex 1971 [synonym], Simplidactylites Buckman 1927 [synonym], Toxodactylites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Vermidactylites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Xeinodactylites Buckman 1926 [synonym]

G. †Nodicoeloceras Buckman 1926

†Nodicoeloceras acanthus d'Orbigny 1850

†Nodicoeloceras choffati Renz 1912

†Nodicoeloceras crassoides Simpson 1855

†Nodicoeloceras crateriforme Monestier 1931

†Nodicoeloceras dayi Reynes 1868

†Nodicoeloceras fontis Guex 1972

†Nodicoeloceras incrassatum Simpson 1855

†Nodicoeloceras tuberculatum Kottek 1963

Invalid names: Crassicoeloceras Buckman 1926 [synonym], Fibulocoeloceras Venturi and Ferri 2001 [synonym], Lobodactylites Buckman 1926 [synonym], Mesodactylites Pinna and Levi-Setti 1971 [synonym], Multicoeloceras Buckman 1926 [synonym], Spinicoeloceras Buckman 1926 [synonym]

G. †Peronoceras

†Peronoceras andraei Simpson 1843

†Peronoceras beurleni Monestier 1931

†Peronoceras desplacei d'Orbigny 1845

†Peronoceras fibulatum Sowerby 1823

†Peronoceras perarmatum Young and Bird 1822

†Peronoceras subarmatum Young and Bird 1822

†Peronoceras tuberculatum Pinna 1966

†Peronoceras turriculatum Simpson 1855

G. †Porpoceras

†Porpoceras andraei Simpson 1843

†Porpoceras crassicostatum Guex 1972

†Porpoceras planiventer Guex 1972

†Porpoceras pseudodesplacei Guex 1972

†Porpoceras tenellissimum Monestier 1931

†Porpoceras vortex Simpson 1855

Invalid names: Porpoceras verticosum Buckman 1914 [synonym]

†Porpoceras vorticellum Simpson 1855

Invalid names: Platystrophites Levi-Setti and Pinna 1971 [synonym], Telodactylites Pinna and Levi-Setti 1971 [synonym]

G. †Reynesoceras Spath 1936

†Reynesoceras aegrum Fucini 1905

†Reynesoceras americanum Hillebrandt 2006

†Reynesoceras mortilleti Meneghini 1875

†Reynesoceras ragazzoni Hauer 1861

Invalid names: Ammonites acanthoides Reynes 1868 [synonym]

†Reynesoceras subanguinum Meneghini 1875

Invalid names: Aveyroniceras [synonym]

G. †Septimaniceras Faure 2002

†Septimaniceras zitteli Oppel 1862

G. †Zugodactylites Buckman 1926

†Zugodactylites braunianus d'Orbigny 1845

†Zugodactylites pseudobraunianum Monestier 1931

†Zugodactylites rotundiventer Buckman 1927

Invalid names: Gabillytes Guex 1971 [synonym], Omolonoceras Dagis 1967 [synonym]

Invalid names: Kedoceratinae Dagis 1968 [synonym], Mesodactylioceratinae Pinna and Levi-Setti 1971 [synonym], Nodicoeloceratinae Venturi and Ferri 2001 [synonym], Reynesoceratinae Wiedenmayer 1977 [synonym]

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 Hettangian to the top of the Planulata or 201.40000 to 179.30000 Ma

Collections (832 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Hettangian	201.4 - 199.5	Greenland	Catacoeloceras sp. (162108) Dactylioceras groenlandicum, Dactylioceras sp. (162102)
Early/Lower Jurassic	201.4 - 174.7	Canada (British Columbia)	Reynesoceras inaequiornatum (199674 199691) Reynesoceras spp. (199652 199662 199669) Reynesoceras spp., Reynesoceras inaequiornatum (199692)
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic	201.4 - 161.5	Indonesia	Stephanoceras hollandrei, Stephanoceras braunianum (132795)
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic	201.4 - 161.5	Chile (Huasco)	Dactylioceras sp. (223402 223418)
Early/Lower Sinemurian	199.5 - 192.9	France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)	Ammonites mucronatus (234373)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian	199.5 - 184.2	Algeria	Reynesoceras sp. (238709)
Sinemurian - Early/Lower Toarcian	199.5 - 182.9	Chile (Copiapó)	Peronoceras sp. (223622)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian	192.9 - 184.2	Mexico (Sonora)	Reynesoceras indunense (208262)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian	192.9 - 184.2	Canada (British Columbia)	Aveyroniceras sp. (53553 55583 55607) Reynesoceras inaequiornatum (198498)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian	192.9 - 184.2	Spain (Granda)	Dactylioceras pseudocommmune, Dactylioceras polymorphum, Dactylioceras simplex (200560 200561)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Kanense	182.3 - 181.3	Canada (British Columbia)	Dactylioceras kanense (32869 32870) Dactylioceras sp., Peronoceras sp. (200285)
Kanense	182.3 - 181.3	Canada (Alberta)	Dactylioceras hoelderi, Dactylioceras commune (198525) Dactylioceras semicelatum (198519 198520) Dactylioceras semicelatum, Dactylioceras hoelderi (198523)
Planulata	181.3 - 179.3	Canada (Alberta)	Peronoceras sp., Dactylioceras athleticum (198530) Peronoceras sp., Dactylioceras commune (198531) Peronoceras sp., Dactylioceras commune, Dactylioceras athleticum (198529) Peronoceras sp., Zugodactylites sp., Dactylioceras commune, Dactylioceras athleticum (198527)
Planulata	181.3 - 179.3	Canada (Yukon)	Peronoceras verticosum (114619 114650 114656)
Planulata	181.3 - 179.3	Canada (British Columbia)	Dactylioceras sp., Dactylioceras commune (200302) Dactylioceras sp., Peronoceras sp., Dactylioceras commune (200303)
Late/Upper Toarcian	180.4 - 174.7	France	Catacoeloceras engeli (38619 38626 38627) Catacoeloceras incrassatum, Catacoeloceras broilii, Catacoeloceras crassum, Catacoeloceras raquinianum, Catacoeloceras engeli (38620) Catacoeloceras incrassatum, Catacoeloceras raquinianum, Catacoeloceras engeli (38617) Catacoeloceras raquinianum (38618 38622 38623 38624 38625)
Late/Upper Toarcian	180.4 - 174.7	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Catacoeloceras crassum, Catacoeloceras raquinianum, Catacoeloceras engeli (38629) Catacoeloceras engeli (38628) Catacoeloceras raquinianum (38630) Catacoeloceras raquinianum, Catacoeloceras engeli (38640)
Late/Upper Toarcian	180.4 - 174.7	Germany (Bavaria)	Catacoeloceras crassum, Catacoeloceras raquinianum (38636) Catacoeloceras raquinianum (38635)
Late/Upper Toarcian	180.4 - 174.7	United Kingdom (Yorkshire)	Dactylioceras sp. (220487 220493) Dactylioceras verme, Dactylioceras toxophorum (219476)
Late/Upper Toarcian	180.4 - 174.7	Germany	Catacoeloceras crassum, Catacoeloceras engeli (38631) Catacoeloceras crassum, Catacoeloceras raquinianum (38638) Catacoeloceras engeli (38633 38634) Catacoeloceras raquinianum (38632 38637 38639)