Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Sphaeroceratidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Sphaeroceratidae Buckman
1957Sphaeroceratidae Arkell et al. p. 292
1993Sphaeroceratidae Arthur et al. p. 35
2006Sphaeroceratidae Parent p. 50
2015Sphaeroceratidae Alberti et al. p. 91
2015Sphaeroceratidae Majidifard p. 30
2019Sphaeroceratidae Poulton and Hall

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920

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.

Fm. †Sphaeroceratidae Buckman 1920
show all | hide all
hide
†Chondroceras russelli Crickmay 1933
G. †Eocephalites Imlay 1967
hide
†Eocephalites primus Imlay 1967
Subfm. †Eurycephalitinae Thierry 1976
hide
G. †Araucanites Westermann and Riccardi
+
†Araucanites awakino Westermann et al. 2002
†Araucanites ponganui Westermann et al. 2002
†Araucanites postawakino Westermann et al. 2002
†Araucanites prereyesi Parent 2006
†Araucanites reyesi Westermann and Riccardi 1976
†Araucanites spellmani Westermann et al. 2002
+
†Eurycephalites extremus Tornquist 1898
†Eurycephalites gottschei Tornquist 1898
†Eurycephalites involutus Riccardi and Westermann 1991
†Eurycephalites rotundus Tornquist 1898
G. †Iniskinites Imlay 1975
+
†Iniskinites abruptus Imlay 1953
†Iniskinites andinus Burckhardt 1903
†Iniskinites cepoides Whiteaves 1884
†Iniskinites crassus Riccardi and Westermann 1991
†Iniskinites evolutus Parent 1998
†Iniskinites martini Imlay 1953
G. †Lilloettia Crickmay 1930
+
†Lilloettia boesei Burckhardt 1927
†Lilloettia buckmani Crickmay 1930
†Lilloettia lilloetensis Crickmay 1930
†Lilloettia mertonyarwoodi Crickmay 1930
†Lilloettia milleri Imlay 1953
†Lilloettia stantoni Imlay 1953
†Lilloettia steinmanni Spath 1928
†Lilloettia tipperi Frebold 1967
+
†Stehnocephalites crassicostatus Riccardi and Westermann 1991
G. †Veranadaites Parent and Garrido 2015
+
†Veranadaites palmicostatus Parent and Garrido 2015
+
†Xenocephalites araucanus Burckhardt 1903
†Xenocephalites grantmackiei Westermann and Hudson 1991
†Xenocephalites nikitini Burckhardt 1927
+
Invalid names: Xenocephalites hebetus Imlay 1953 [synonym]
Subfm. †Mayaitinae Spath 1928
hide
G. †Dhosaites
+
†Dhosaites otoitoides Spath 1928
†Dhosaites primus Spath 1928
G. †Epimayaites Spath 1928
+
†Epimayaites axonoides Spath 1928
†Epimayaites evolutus Spath 1928
†Epimayaites falcoides Spath 1928
†Epimayaites lautus Spath 1928
†Epimayaites lemoini Spath 1924
†Epimayaites polyphemus Waagen 1875
†Epimayaites smeei Spath 1928
†Epimayaites subtumidus Waagen 1875
†Epimayaites transiens Waagen 1875
†Epimayaites waageni Uhlig 1910
Invalid names: Stephanoceras nepalense Gray 1829 [nomen dubium]
G. †Mayaites
+
Subg. †Mayaites (Araucanites) Westermann and Riccardi
†Mayaites dolium Collignon 1959
†Mayaites grepini Collignon 1959
†Mayaites jumarensis Spath 1928
†Mayaites maya Sowerby 1840
†Mayaites rotundus Spath 1928
†Mayaites subkobyi Spath 1928
G. †Paryphoceras Spath 1928
+
†Paryphoceras badiense Spath 1928
†Paryphoceras crassum Collignon 1959
†Paryphoceras grayi Spath 1924
+
Invalid names: Stephanoceras nepalense Waagen 1875 [replaced]
†Paryphoceras rugosum Spath 1928
Invalid names: Prograyiceras Spath 1928 [synonym]
G. †Oecoptychoceras Buckman 1920
hide
†Sphaeroceras brongniarti Sowerby 1818
†Sphaeroceras tutthum Buckman 1921
†Sphaeroceras vcostatum Burckhardt 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available