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Trimeroceratidae

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Trimeroceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Trimeroceratidae Hyatt and Zittel
1964Trimeroceratidae Teichert et al. p. 298
1981Trimeroceratidae Chen et al. p. 73
1985Trimeroceratidae Stridsberg p. 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyTrimeroceratidaeHyatt and Zittel 1900
familyTrimeroceratidaeHyatt and Zittel 1900

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. †Trimeroceratidae Hyatt and Zittel 1900
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G. †Clathroceras Foerste 1926
G. †Eotrimeroceras Foerste 1928
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G. †Inversoceras Hedström 1917
G. †Jeppssonoceras Stridsberg 1985
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Jeppssonoceras concentratum Stridsberg 1985
G. †Pentameroceras Hyatt 1884
G. †Platycomeroceras Chen et al. 1981
G. †Plemeroceras Stridsberg 1985
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Plemeroceras cassis Stridsberg 1985
G. †Stenogomphoceras Foerste 1930
G. †Trimeroceras Hyatt 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:44
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Niagaran or 440.80000 to 422.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niagaran443.4 - 422.9USA (Indiana) Pentameroceras cumingsi (22818)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Québec) Eotrimeroceras jupiterrense (24416 24418)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4Canada (Québec) Eotrimeroceras jupiterrense (24412)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Eotrimeroceras jupiterense (160009 160010)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China Pentameroceras sp., Stenogomphoceras sp., Trimeroceras sp. (228659)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Québec) Eotrimeroceras jupiterrense (24420 24423 24424 24435)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Russian Federation (Severnaya Zemlya) Pentameroceras sp. A. (85024)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Sichuan) Pentameroceras sp., Stenogomphoceras sp., Trimeroceras sp. (27908)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Pentameroceras mirum (13631) Pentameroceras mirum, Pentameroceras facula (13632) Pentameroceras mirum, Trimeroceras bulbosum (13633)
Wenlock - Pridoli433.4 - 419.2Italy (Sardinia) Trimeroceratidae indet. (26163)
Wenlock - Silurian433.4 - 419.2USA (Wisconsin) Inversoceras dayi (13107)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) Trimeroceras bulbosum (13634 13635)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Pentameroceras mirum, Plemeroceras cassis (13603)
Gorstian - Ludfordian427.4 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Clathroceras plicatum, Inversoceras perversum, Pentameroceras mirum, Pentameroceras facula, Trimeroceras cylindricum, Jeppssonoceras concentratum, Plemeroceras cassis (13636)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Inversoceras perversum, Pentameroceras mirum (70432) Trimeroceras cylindricum (13637)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Czech Republic Pentameroceras sp. (232620)