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Anarcestidae

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Anarcestidae

Taxonomy
Anarcestidae was named by Steinmann (1890). Its type is Anarcestes.

It was assigned to Anarcestaceae by Arkell et al. (1957), Korn and Klug (2002) and Korn (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Anarcestidae Steinmann
1890Anarcestinae Steinmann
1957Anarcestidae Arkell et al. p. 31
1957Anarcestinae Arkell et al. p. 31
2002Anarcestidae Korn and Klug p. 126
2006Anarcestidae Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAnarcestinaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyAnarcestaceaeSteinmann 1890
familyAnarcestidaeSteinmann 1890
familyAnarcestidaeSteinmann 1890

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. †Anarcestidae Steinmann 1890
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G. †Anarcestes Mojsisovics 1882
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Subg. †Anarcestes (Anarcestes) Mojsisovics 1882
†Anarcestes applanatus Frech 1897
†Anarcestes densistriatus Chlupac and Turek 1983
†Anarcestes lateseptatus Beyrich 1837
†Anarcestes latissimus Chlupac and Turek 1983
†Anarcestes lunatus Eichenberg 1930
†Anarcestes plebeius Barrande 1865
†Anarcestes podolicus Siemiradzki 1906
†Anarcestes praecursor Frech 1897
†Anarcestes simulans Barrande 1865
G. †Paranarcestes Chlupac and Turek 1983
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†Paranarcestes chalix Klug 2002
†Paranarcestes hollardi Becker and House 1994
†Paranarcestes pictus Chlupac and Turek 1983
G. †Sellanarcestes Schindewolf 1933
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†Sellanarcestes certus Chlupac and Turek 1983
†Sellanarcestes cognatus Chlupac and Turek 1983
†Sellanarcestes crassior Walliser 1965
†Sellanarcestes eos Klug 2002
†Sellanarcestes neglectus Barrande 1865
†Sellanarcestes perfectus Chlupac and Turek 1983
†Sellanarcestes solus Barrande 1865
†Sellanarcestes tenuior Walliser 1965
Invalid names: Anarcestinae Steinmann 1890 [invalid subgroup]
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: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Givetian or 402.50000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Czech Republic (Barrandia) Sellanarcestes solus, Anarcestes simulans, Sellanarcestes perfectus, Paranarcestes pictus (12183)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.2 - 387.7Czech Republic Anarcestes plebeius, Anarcestes simulans (12149) Anarcestes plebius, Sellanarcestes certus, Anarcestes lateseptatus, Anarcestes plebeius, Sellanarcestes neglectus, Sellanarcestes crassior, Anarcestes simulans, Anarcestes latissimus, Sellanarcestes cognatus, Sellanarcestes perfectus, Anarcestes applanatus, Anarcestes densistriatus (12148)
Pragian - Middle Givetian410.8 - 380.2Morocco Anarcestes sp., Paranarcestes chalix, Anarcestes latissimus (208110)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Algeria Sellanarcestes certus, Sellanarcestes tenuior, Anarcestes lateseptatus (40363)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Morocco Anarcestes lateseptatus (27117) Sellanarcestes sp., Sellanarcestes tenuior, Anarcestes plebeius, Sellanarcestes wenkenbachi, Anarcestes latissimus (38777) Sellanarcestes spp. (38800) Sellanarcestes tenuior, Anarcestes lateseptatus, Anarcestes plebeius (38747)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3China (Guangxi) Anarcestes sp. (75893) Anarcestidae indet. (27478 27496 27498 27504 27533 27534)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco Anarcestes plebeius (208263) Paranarcestes chalix (157656) Paranarcestes hollardi, Paranarcestes chalix (157655) Sellanarcestes ebbighauseni (157651 157652) Sellanarcestes ebbighauseni, Sellanarcestes eos, Sellanarcestes tenuior, Anarcestes plebeius, Sellanarcestes solus, Sellanarcestes neglectus, Anarcestes latissimus (38787) Sellanarcestes ebbighauseni, Sellanarcestes tenuior, Anarcestes plebeius, Sellanarcestes wenkenbachi, Sellanarcestes solus, Sellanarcestes neglectus, Sellanarcestes crassior, Anarcestes simulans, Anarcestes latissimus, Paranarcestes pictus (38783) Sellanarcestes ebbighauseni, Sellanarcestes tenuior, Sellanarcestes wenkenbachi (38780) Sellanarcestes eos (157653 157654) Sellanarcestes sp. (38754) Sellanarcestes sp., Sellanarcestes ebbighauseni, Sellanarcestes tenuior (38752) Sellanarcestes sp., Sellanarcestes tenuior (38772) Sellanarcestes tenuior (38790) Sellanarcestes tenuior, Anarcestes lateseptatus, Anarcestes plebeius, Sellanarcestes wenkenbachi, Sellanarcestes neglectus (38799) Sellanarcestes tenuior, Anarcestes plebeius, Sellanarcestes wenkenbachi, Anarcestes simulans, Anarcestes latissimus (38796) Sellanarcestes wenckenbachi (27072)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Kazakhstan Anarcestes praecursor (172082 172083)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9China (Guangxi) Anarcestes noeggarati (25839 25854)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Czech Republic Anarcestes latissimus (181038 181039 181040) Anarcestes latissimus, Anarcestes applanatus (181036) Anarcestes plebeius, Goniatites solus, Anarcestes simulans (173002) Anarcestes plebeius, Paranarcestes pictus (181035) Anarcestes plebeius, Sellanarcestes crassior (181033) Sellanarcestes certus, Anarcestes lateseptatus, Goniatites plebeius, Goniatites neglectus, Sellanarcestes crassior, Goniatites simulans, Anarcestes latissimus, Sellanarcestes cognatus, Sellanarcestes perfectus, Anarcestes applanatus, Anarcestes densistriatus (172686) Sellanarcestes certus, Anarcestes plebeius, Sellanarcestes neglectus, Sellanarcestes crassior, Sellanarcestes perfectus, Anarcestes densistriatus (181034) Sellanarcestes perfectus (172740)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Morocco Sellanarcestes wenckenbachi, Anarcestes lateseptatus (27114)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Czech Republic Anarcestes plebeius (173001) Anarcestes plebeius, Anarcestes simulans (172682 172683)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco Anarcestes lateseptatus (27074 27120 27146 27147 27148 27149 27150) Anarcestes lateseptatus, Anarcestes latissimus (38750) Anarcestes lateseptatus, Anarcestes plebeius, Anarcestes simulans, Anarcestes latissimus (38755) Anarcestes plebeius (38760)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Spain (Palencia) Anarcestes lateseptatus (40353)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Guangxi) Anarcestidae indet. (27556 27558 27559 27561)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Western Sahara Anarcestes lateseptatus, Anarcestes plebeius (209264)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Algeria Anarcestes lateseptatus (40365) Anarcestes plebeius (40366 40369)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic Sellanarcestes neglectus (172744)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Anarcestes sp. (623)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Morocco (Sahara) Anarcestes lateseptatus (79549)