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Muensteroceratidae

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Muensteroceratidae Librovitch
1999Muensteroceratidae Korn et al. p. 346
2006Muensteroceratidae Klug et al. p. 14
2006Muensteroceratidae Korn
2009Muensteroceratidae Furnish et al. p. 30
2016Muensteroceratidae Korn and Sudar p. 194

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMuensteroceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
familyMuensteroceratidaeLibrovitch 1957

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. †Muensteroceratidae Librovitch 1957
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G. †Akeshakeceras Liang and Wang 1991
G. †Beyrichoceratoides Bisat 1924
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Beyrichoceratoides lunatus Miller and Gurley 1896
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Invalid names: Glyphioceras truncatum Foord and Crick 1897 [synonym], Goniatites truncatum Phillips 1936 [synonym]
G. †Cluthoceras Currie 1954
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Cluthoceras cherryi Bisat 1934
Cluthoceras glicki Gordon 1964
Cluthoceras involutum Pareyn 1961
Cluthoceras neilsoni Currie 1954
Cluthoceras truemani Currie 1954
G. †Eoglyphioceras BrĂ¼ning 1923
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Eoglyphioceras ergchebbiense Korn et al. 1999
G. †Eurites Kusina 1973
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Eurites bouhamedensis Korn et al. 2003
Eurites commutatus Ebbighausen et al. 2010
Eurites doliaris Korn et al. 2010
Eurites kuilukensis Konovalova 2015
Eurites permutus Korn et al. 2010
Eurites pondus Ebbighausen et al. 2010
G. †Follotites Korn et al. 2010
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Follotites flexus Korn et al. 2010
Follotites folloti Korn et al. 2010
Follotites stelus Korn et al. 2010
G. †Furnishoceras Work and Nassichuk 2000
G. †Itimaites Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
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Itimaites parabolicus Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
G. †Kozhimites Kusina 1971
G. †Muensteroceras Hyatt 1884
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Muensteroceras complanatum de Koninck 1880
Muensteroceras fabrei Ebbighausen et al. 2010
Muensteroceras holmesi Swallow 1860
Muensteroceras kazakhstanicum Librovitch 1940
Muensteroceras morganense Swallow 1860
Muensteroceras multitudum Korn et al. 2010
Muensteroceras osagense Swallow 1860
Muensteroceras oweni Hall 1859
Muensteroceras pfefferae Miller and Werner 1942
Muensteroceras pisiforme Gordon 1964
Muensteroceras subparallelum Korn et al. 2010
G. †Muensteroceratoides Popov 1965
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Nautellipsites ovatus Sowerby 1813
G. †Terektytes Librovitch 1957
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 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Hastarian to the top of the Missourian or 358.90000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (96 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Russian Federation (Orenburg) Muensteroceras modestum (5821)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Kentucky) Muensteroceras sp. (5508)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Australia (New South Wales) Muensteroceras oweni (75620 75622)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Muensteroceras oweni, Muensteroceras parallelum (5596)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Missouri) Muensteroceras pfefferae (157678)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Arkansas) Muensteroceras collinsoni (157675 157677) Muensteroceras sp. (157687) Muensteroceras sp., Muensteroceras collinsoni (157673 157674)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Muensteroceras rotella, Muensteroceras sp., Muensteroceras complanatum (5516)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Uzbekistan Eurites kuilukensis, Muensteroceratoides aksuensis (172401) Muensteroceratoides aksuensis (172400 172402 172405)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Morocco Muensteroceras quadriconstrictum, Eurites bouhamedensis (66200 66201)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Algeria Follotites folloti, Follotites flexus (135370) Muensteroceras multitudum (135444) Muensteroceras multitudum, Eurites permutus (135403 135438) Muensteroceras multitudum, Eurites permutus, Eurites doliaris (135368 135400 135401 135404 135442 135443 135476 135477) Muensteroceras subparallelum (135407 135408 135446 135478) Muensteroceras subparallelum, Eurites permutus (135402) Muensteroceras subparallelum, Follotites folloti (135479) Muensteroceras subparallelum, Follotites folloti, Follotites stelus, Follotites flexus (135397) Muensteroceras subparallelum, Follotites folloti, Follotites stelus, Follotites flexus, Eurites permutus (135398) Muensteroceras subparallelum, Follotites stelus (135445)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) Muensteroceras oweni (46581 46582 46583 65684 157662)
Ivorian - Chadian353.8 - 340.0Ireland Muensteroceras rotella, Muensteroceras complanatum (76501)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Ireland Muensteroceras sp., Muensteroceras pseudaganides (76517)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) Beyrichoceratoides inflatus (233514) Eurites corpulentum, Muensteroceras inconstans (233416)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kansas) Muensteroceras sp. (157676)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0Algeria Muensteroceras fabrei, Eurites commutatus, Eurites pondus (224275)
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Beyrichoceratoides redesdalensis (92587) Beyrichoceratoides species G, Eoglyphioceras truncatum (97592) Eoglyphioceras truncatum (97590 97734)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Beyrichoceratoides sp. (5966)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Serbia and Montenegro Beyrichoceratoides sp. (177502 177512 177513)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Morocco Eoglyphioceras ergchebbiense (177536) Itimaites parabolicus (61436)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Beyrichoceratoides truncatus (92591 93298 93299 93301 93302 93303 93304)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Muensteroceras sp. (211904)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Beyrichoceratoides truncatus (92605 93305 93306)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Beyrichoceratoides truncatus (92593) Cluthoceras truemani (93309) Cluthoceras truemani, Cluthoceras neilsoni (92588 93307)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Texas) Cluthoceras sp. (169951)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Arkansas) Muensteroceras glicki (157688 157689 157690) Muensteroceras pisiforme (84400 84404 157680 157681 157682 157683 157684 157685 157686)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Cluthoceras neilsoni (97668) Cluthoceras sp. (93312) Cluthoceras sp., Cluthoceras truemani (93311) Cluthoceras truemani, Cluthoceras neilsoni (92592 92595 97671)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Goniatites lunatus (184101 184103)