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Arctoceras

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Arctoceras Hyatt p. 559
1934Arctoceras Spath
1956Discoproptychites Kiparisova p. 77
1961Proptychites (Discoproptychites) Kiparisova p. 103
1969Arctoceras Runnegar p. 826
1981Arctoceras Tozer
1994Arctoceras Tozer p. 74
2002Arctoceras Sepkoski
2009Arctoceras Shigeta and Zakharov p. 117
2013Arctoceras Brayard et al. p. 180

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyArctoceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusArctoceras

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. †Arctoceras Hyatt 1900
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†Arctoceras blomstrandi Lindström 1865
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Invalid names: Ceratites costatus Oeberg 1877 [synonym], Ceratites lindstromi Mojsisovics 1886 [synonym], Ceratites polaris Mojsisovics 1886 [objective synonym], Ceratites simplex Mojsisovics 1886 [synonym], Ceratites whitei Mojsisovics 1886 [synonym], Dinarites oebergi Mojsisovics 1882 [synonym]
†Arctoceras erebori Piazza 2017
†Arctoceras kiparisovae Shevyrev 1995
†Arctoceras newberryi Smith 1932
†Arctoceras oebergi Mojsisovics 1886
†Arctoceras omoloiense Vavilov 1969
†Arctoceras robinsoni Kiparisova 1947
†Arctoceras schalteggeri Brühwiler and Bucher 2011
†Arctoceras strigatus Brayard and Bucher 2008
†Arctoceras subhydaspis Kiparisova 1961
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Invalid names: Paranorites labogensis Zharnikova 1962 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Arctoceras gigas Tozer 1994 [synonym]
Invalid names: Discoproptychites Kiparisova 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height4428.98.6086.331.219.1
shell diameter4465.216.7227.067.944.2
shell inflation4414.23.4074.914.117.9

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Bithynian or 251.30000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (163 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Greenland A. sp. 1 (111478) A. sp. 2 (111479 111480)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Australia (Queensland) A. sp. (44044 116737)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Primorye) A. labogense (47221 47242 47243 47272) A. septentrionale (47205 47206 47208 47209 47211 47215 47233 47234 47239 47240 47241 47247 47251 47268) A. septentrionale, A. labogense (47217 47248 47259) A. septentrionale, A. robinsoni (47222) A. septentrionale, A. subhydaspis, A. labogense (47271) A. sp. (47214 47220 47236 47265) A. sp., A. labogense (47210) A. sp., A. septentrionale (47207 47258)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Canada (Nunavut) A. blomstrandi (61943 61947 103401 105192 137699 137939) A. gigas (57088 61970 137784 137940) A. oebergi (43848 98562)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Nevada) A. tuberculatum (61515 97117 97118 97119 97120 97121) A. tuberculum (62096)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2China (Guangxi) A. sp. (97183) A. strigatus (97148 97156)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Australia (Western Australia) A. sp. A, A. sp. B (48607)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Canada (Alberta) A. blomstrandi (137242)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) A. tuberculatum (156011 156012 156040 156043 156045 156057)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (California) Meekoceras tuberculatum, Proptychites walcotti, Meekoceras newberryi (33298)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. blomstrandi (212259 212260 212261 212262 212263 212264 212265 212266) A. blomstrandi, A. whitei (153410) Arctoceras indet. (211970) A. oebergi (120375 211987) A. sp. (211989)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Svalbard) A. erebori (189037)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Alaska) A. blomstrandi, A. tuberculatum (44394) A. tuberculatus (44415)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Pakistan A. meridionale (102322 102323) A. schalteggeri (111556)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Canada (British Columbia) A. blomstrandi (105194 137678)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation A. blomstrandi (107043 177010 177011) A. robinsoni, A. kiparisovae (99538) A. septentrionale (90221 90222 90223 168049 168050 168051 168052 212291 212292 212293 212294 214556 214558 214560) A. septentrionale, A. subhydaspis (168046 168047 168048 214561 214562) A. sp. (127922 168039 212296 214553) A. subhydaspis (90225 214551 214552)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. blomstrandi (212086 212100 212101 212102 212153) A. blomstrandi, A. oebergi, A. polare, A. whitei, A. costatum, A. lindstroemi (215028) Arctoceras indet. (211971) A. polare (215191) A. sp. (211981 211986 212119) A. sp., A. blomstrandi (212151 212152) A. whitei, A. lindstroemi (215039)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Malaysia (Kelantan) A. sp. (44818)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. costatus, A. blomstrandi (212935 212967) Ceratites blomstrandi (212551) Ceratites costatus, Ceratites lindstroemi (212549) Ceratites oebergi (212554) Ceratites polaris (212552) Ceratites simplex (212553) Ceratites whitei (212550)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation A. septentrionale (61961)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya) A. blomstrandi, A. oebergi (212890)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Norway (Svalbard) A. blomstrandi (218175 218177 218178 218179 218180 218181 218183 218184 218185 218186 218187 218188 218189 218190 218191 218192 218193 218194)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Canada (British Columbia) A. sp. (62473)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation A. omoloiense (123727 123729)