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Clinoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Clinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Clinoceratidae was named by Flower (1946).

It was assigned to Michelinoceratida by Flower (1962); to Orthocerida by Crick (1981); and to Multiceratoidea by Pohle et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Clinoceratidae Flower
1962Clinoceratidae Flower p. 238
1981Clinoceratidae Crick p. 228
2022Clinoceratidae Pohle et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
familyClinoceratidaeFlower 1946
familyClinoceratidaeFlower 1946

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. †Clinoceratidae Flower 1946
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G. †Clinoceras Mascke 1876
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Clinoceras dens Mascke 1876
G. †Whiteavesites Foerste 1929
G. †Whitfieldoceras Foerste 1932
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Whitfieldoceras gracile Flower 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Famennian or 470.00000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hunderum - Valaste471.8 - 466.0Sweden (Kalmar) Clinoceras dens (89246)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) Whitfieldoceras sp. (24161)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Poland (Kuyavia-Pomerania) Clinoceras sp. (89471)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Sweden Clinoceras sp. (2933)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9Sweden Clinoceras sp. (2931)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Wyoming) Whitfieldoceras sp. (24167)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Whitfieldoceras mumiaforme, Whitfieldoceras clarkei (23690)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Whitfieldoceras mumiaforme (23756 23758) Whitfieldoceras mumiaforme, Whitfieldoceras clarkei (23753 23757)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Whitfieldoceras mumiaforme, Whitfieldoceras clarkei (23691)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Whitfieldoceras minimum (23708)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Whitfieldoceras minimum (23768 23769 23770) Whitfieldoceras minimum, Whitfieldoceras exiguum (23771 23773 23775 23776 23777)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Whitfieldoceras minimum, Whitfieldoceras exiguum (23711 23717)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Whitfieldoceras lenticontractum (89051)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Whitfieldoceras gracile (89049)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Whiteavesites sp., Whitfieldoceras minimum (23724) Whitfieldoceras minimum (23738)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin) Whiteavesites sp., Whitfieldoceras minimum (23778 23779) Whitfieldoceras minimum (23780)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Whitfieldoceras sp. (26943)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Whitfieldoceras minimum (23741)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) Whiteavesites winnipegensis (13654 13656)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) Whiteavesites procteri (23009)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Whitfieldoceras baffinense (24124)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Whitfieldoceras sp. (188769)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Whitfieldoceras sp. (394)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana, Ohio) Whitfieldoceras sp. (24171)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana) Whitfieldoceras casteri (5324)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Poland Clinoceras muensteri (233249)