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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

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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
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†Chondroceras russelli Crickmay 1933
G. †Eocephalites Imlay 1967
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†Eocephalites primus Imlay 1967
Subfm. †Eurycephalitinae Thierry 1976
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G. †Araucanites Westermann and Riccardi
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†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
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†Eurycephalites extremus Tornquist 1898
†Eurycephalites gottschei Tornquist 1898
†Eurycephalites involutus Riccardi and Westermann 1991
†Eurycephalites rotundus Tornquist 1898
G. †Iniskinites Imlay 1975
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†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
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†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
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†Stehnocephalites crassicostatus Riccardi and Westermann 1991
G. †Veranadaites Parent and Garrido 2015
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†Veranadaites palmicostatus Parent and Garrido 2015
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†Xenocephalites araucanus Burckhardt 1903
†Xenocephalites grantmackiei Westermann and Hudson 1991
†Xenocephalites nikitini Burckhardt 1927
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Invalid names: Xenocephalites hebetus Imlay 1953 [synonym]
Subfm. †Mayaitinae Spath 1928
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G. †Dhosaites
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†Dhosaites otoitoides Spath 1928
†Dhosaites primus Spath 1928
G. †Epimayaites Spath 1928
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†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
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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
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†Paryphoceras badiense Spath 1928
†Paryphoceras crassum Collignon 1959
†Paryphoceras grayi Spath 1924
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Invalid names: Stephanoceras nepalense Waagen 1875 [replaced]
†Paryphoceras rugosum Spath 1928
Invalid names: Prograyiceras Spath 1928 [synonym]
G. †Oecoptychoceras Buckman 1920
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†Sphaeroceras brongniarti Sowerby 1818
†Sphaeroceras tutthum Buckman 1921
†Sphaeroceras vcostatum Burckhardt 1927
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 170.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (206 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Temaikan176.0 - 164.3New Zealand (Auckland) Lilloettia steinmanni, Araucanites awakino, Xenocephalites grantmackiei (233875) Xenocephalites grantmackiei, Lilloettia boesei (4878)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Canada (British Columbia) Chondroceras allani, Chondroceras defontii (200431)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Chile (Copiapó) Sphaeroceras sp. (223666)
Oblatum171.6 - 168.4Canada (British Columbia) Chondroceras spp. (200312)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Germany Chondroceras sp. (62200)
Garantiana171.6 - 167.7Iran Sphaeroceras tutthum (175746 175752)
Humphresianum - Subfurcatum171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation Sphaeroceras brongniarti (187409)
Subfurcatum171.6 - 167.7Turkmenistan Sphaeroceras brongniarti (187363 187369)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Chile (Región de Tarapacá) Chondroceras sp. (229003 229004)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (Wyoming ) Eocephalites primus (167072 167074 167076 167081 167082 167083 167085) Eocephalites sp. (167079 167103) Eocephalites sp., Eocephalites primus (167071 167075)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Chile (Huasco) Chondroceras sp. (223389)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Chile (Chañaral) Chondroceras sp. (223834)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (Utah) Eocephalites primus (167102) Eocephalites sp. (167100 167129) Eocephalites sp., Eocephalites primus (167099 167101 167112 167115)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Tunisia Chondroceras evolvescens (169200)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (Wyoming) Chondroceras sp. (172981) Eocephalites primus (167088 167093) Eocephalites sp. (167086 167096 167097) Eocephalites sp., Eocephalites primus (167070)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1USA (Montana) Chondroceras oblatum, Chondroceras allani (68829)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Chile (Chañaral) Chondroceras sp. (223832)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Canada (British Columbia) Iniskinites sp. (37607) Iniskinites sp., Lilloettia sp., Xenocephalites sp., Lilloettia lilloetensis, Xenocephalites vicarius (37608) Iniskinites sp., Xenocephalites vicarius (37609)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1USA (Montana) Xenocephalites sp. (68848)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Canada (British Columbia) Iniskinites sp. (37626) Iniskinites sp., Iniskinites robustus (37625) Iniskinites sp., Lilloettia lilloetensis, Xenocephalites vicarius (37630) Iniskinites sp., Xenocephalites hebetus (37631) Iniskinites sp., Xenocephalites vicarius, Iniskinites martini (37627) Lilloettia lilloetensis (37629)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Argentina (Mendoza) Eurycephalites extremus (136702)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Argentina (Neuquen) Eurycephalites gottschei (158980) Eurycephalites sp., Iniskinites cadoceroides, Iniskinites subtransiens, Xenocephalites neuquensis, Lilloetia steinmanni (4881) Iniskinites crassus (158968 158970) Iniskinites crassus, Xenocephalites neuquensis (158969) Iniskinites sp. A, Iniskinites gulisanoi, Iniskinites evolutus, Xenocephalites araucanus (158966) Lilloettia steinmanni (158967) Stehnocephalites gerthi (158971 158977 158978) Stehnocephalites gerthi, Eurycephalites gottschei (158981) Stehnocephalites gerthi, Lilloettia steinmanni (158972) Stehnocephalites gerthi, Stehnocephalites crassicostatus (158976) Stehnocephalites gerthi, Stehnocephalites crassicostatus, Lilloettia steinmanni, Xenocephalites neuquensis (158973) Stehnocephalites gerthi, Xenocephalites neuquensis (158979) Xenocephalites sp. A, Stehnocephalites gerthi (158975)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Honduras Iniskinites andinus (169240)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Argentina (Mendoza) Iniskinites cadoceroides, Iniskinites subtransiens, Xenocephalites sp. (4882)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Canada (British Columbia) Lilloettia lilloetensis, Xenocephalites bearpawensis (204171) Lilloettia lilloetensis, Xenocephalites bearpawensis, Iniskinites cepoides (204169) Lilloettia sp., Lilloettia lilloetensis, Xenocephalites bearpawensis (204172) Lilloettia sp., Xenocephalites sp. (204170)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Middle Callovian167.7 - 161.2Mexico (Guerrero) Macrocephalites boesei, Macrocephalites nikitini, Sphaeroceras vcostatum (233959)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Wyoming) Xenocephalites sp. (172986)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Alaska) Kheraiceras abruptum (158904 158905 158907 158954) Kheraiceras intermedium (68872 68879 68912 68913 158652 158711) Kheraiceras magniforme (158888 158903) Kheraiceras martini (158900) Lilloettia buckmani (158706 158710 158916 158920 158941 158947 158957) Lilloettia buckmani, Lilloettia lilloetensis (158948) Lilloettia buckmani, Lilloettia mertonyarwoodi (158958) Lilloettia buckmani, Lilloettia milleri, Lilloettia mertonyarwoodi (158699) Lilloettia buckmani, Lilloettia stantoni (158949) Lilloettia buckmani, Lilloettia stantoni, Xenocephalites vicarius (158697) Lilloettia lilloetensis (158696 158707 158960) Lilloettia mertonyarwoodi, Lilloettia stantoni, Xenocephalites vicarius, Kheraiceras magniforme (158908) Lilloettia stantoni (158887) Lilloettia stantoni, Xenocephalites hebetus (158914) Xenocephalites hartsocki (158693 158882) Xenocephalites hebetus (68985) Xenocephalites hebetus, Kheraiceras intermedium (68881) Xenocephalites hebetus, Xenocephalites vicarius (158704) Xenocephalites sp. (68873) Xenocephalites vicarius (68988 158691 158692 158702 158708)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India Dhosaites elephantoides, Dhosaites sp., Mayaites sp., Mayaites maya, Mayaites smeei, Dhosaites primus, Paryphoceras badiense (68647) Dhosaites elephantoides, Mayaites sp., Mayaites maya, Mayaites jumarensis, Mayaites rotundus, Dhosaites otoitoides, Paryphoceras rugosum (68644)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Nequen) Eurycephalites vergarensis, Xenocephalites gottschei, Stehnocephalites gerthi, Eurycephalites rotundus (4883)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Canada (British Columbia) Lilloettia lilloetensis (185052 185056 185061) Lilloettia stantoni, Xenocephalites vicarius (185050) Lilloettia tipperi (185051)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Neuquen) Araucanites sp. (135722) Eurycephalites gottschei (158983) Stehnocephalites crassicostatus (158982) Xenocephalites stipanicici, Eurycephalites rotundus, Eurycephalites involutus, Eurycephalites extremus (158984)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Mendoza) Eurycephalites rotundus (136693 136697)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Mendoza) Araucanites sp., Eurycephalites extremus (136698)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina Araucanites reyesi (68158)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Neuquen) Araucanites prereyesi (135723) Araucanites reyesi (165734 165739 171544) Eurycephalitinae indet. (158522)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) Eurycephalitinae indet., Araucanites prereyesi (135717)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3India Epimayaites sp., Mayaites waageni (65886) Mayaites waageni (65758)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3India (Gujarat) Dhosaites otoitoides (182024) Dhosaites sp., Mayaites rotundus, Dhosaites primus (182014) Epimayaites falcoides (182035) Epimayaites lemoini (163873) Epimayaites lemoini, Epimayaites axonoides, Epimayaites transiens (182037) Epimayaites polyphemus (182022) Epimayaites sp. A (163874) Epimayaites sp., Epimayaites polyphemus, Epimayaites lemoini, Epimayaites lautus, Epimayaites falcoides (163869) Mayaites maya (182012) Mayaites maya, Epimayaites transiens, Dhosaites primus (163871) Mayaites sp. (182017)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar Dhosaites barbieri, Epimayaites subfalcoides, Epimayaites lemoinei, Epimayaites moreti, Epimayaites sublautus, Epimayaites patella, Prograyiceras tramaunense, Prograyiceras furoni, Epimayaites axonoides, Epimayaites evolutus, Epimayaites falcoides, Prograyiceras grayi (98213) Dhosaites otoitoides, Dhosaites primus (98186 98187) Epimayaites arenosus, Epimayaites lemoinei, Epimayaites subtumidus, Epimayaites transiens, Epimayaites lautus, Epimayaites falcoides (98177) Epimayaites lemoinei, Mayaites piveteaui, Mayaites hirtzi, Epimayaites axonoides, Epimayaites falcoides, Paryphoceras badiense, Paryphoceras rugosum (98190) Epimayaites moreti, Epimayaites falcoides (98191) Mayaites obesus, Dhosaites primus (98188) Mayaites obesusrotundus (98175) Mayaites rotundus (98093) Mayaites smeei (98182)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3China Dhosaites elephantoides, Mayaites obesus, Epimayaites lemoini, Dhosaites primus (64863)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) Araucanites prereyesi (136310) Araucanites stipanicici, Araucanites reyesi (136319) Veranadaites palmicostatus (165741 171548)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7India (Gujarat) Dhosaites sp. (182018) Epimayaites lemoini, Paryphoceras badiense (163868) Epimayaites sp. (182020) Epimayaites sp. A, Epimayaites smeei (182038) Mayaites jumarensis, Epimayaites transiens (182016) Mayaites rotundus (182013) Mayaites sp. (182019 182021 182023) Mayaites sp., Mayaites subkobyi (182015)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar Epimayaites subfalcoides, Epimayaites falcoides (234235)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Menab) Mayaites arenosum, Epimayaites falcoides (234236)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Dhosaites barbieri, Epimayaites patella, Prograyiceras tramaunense, Epimayaites falcoides, Prograyiceras grayi (234237) Dhosaites miaryensis, Epimayaites pruvosti, Epimayaites sornayi, Mayaites mahabobokensis, Mayaites obesus, Paryphoceras staphanoides, Prograyiceras bassei, Epimayaites transiens, Epimayaites lautus, Dhosaites primus, Prograyiceras crassum (234263) Epimayaites subfalcoides, Epimayaites lemoinei, Epimayaites moreti, Epimayaites sublautus, Prograyiceras furoni, Epimayaites axonoides, Epimayaites evolutus, Epimayaites falcoides (234238) Mayaites piveteaui, Mayaites hirtzi, Epimayaites axonoides, Paryphoceras badiense (234262)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7India (Gujarat) Epimayaites axonoides (182034) Epimayaites lemoini (182030) Epimayaites subtumidus, Epimayaites falcoides (182029)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Antarctica Epimayites transiens (68360)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Eritrea Epimayaites falcoides (209122) Epimayaites sp. (209121)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7India (Gujarat) Dhosaites sp., Epimayaites sp., Epimayaites lemoini, Epimayaites axonoides, Epimayaites evolutus, Epimayaites falcoides (182031) Epimayaites axonoides (182027 182032) Epimayaites axonoides, Epimayaites transiens (182028) Epimayaites evolutus (182025 182026) Epimayaites sp., Mayaites sp. (46551) Paryphoceras tramauense (182033)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8India (Gujarat) Stephanoceras subtumidum, Stephanoceras nepalense, Stephanoceras maya (234314)
Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian157.3 - 157.3Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Epimayaites sp., Paryphoceras grayi (2575) Paryphoceras grayi (2585 2612)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Nepal Epimayaites waageni (142312)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Iraq (Zakho) Grayiceras sp. (192419)