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Ophidioceratidae

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Ophidioceratidae

Taxonomy
Ophidioceratidae was named by Hyatt (1894). Its type is Ophioceras.

It was assigned to Tarphyceratida by Teichert et al. (1964); and to Tarphycerida by Chen et al. (1981).

Subtaxa
Ophioceras (syn. Ophidioceras) (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Ophidioceratidae Hyatt p. 513
1964Ophidioceratidae Teichert et al. p. 367
1981Ophidioceratidae Chen et al. p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyOphidioceratidae
familyOphidioceratidae

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. †Ophidioceratidae Hyatt 1894
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G. †Ophioceras Barrande 1865
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Invalid names: Ophidioceras [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:34:14
Modified: 2008-02-28 12:57:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Pridoli or 432.90000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Ophidioceras reticulatum, Ophidioceras sp. (13597)
Wenlock - Silurian432.9 - 419.62USA (Wisconsin) Ophioceras wilmingtonense (13107)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) Ophidioceras reticulatum (13601 13602)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) Ophidioceras reticulatum, Ophidioceras rota (13603)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia Ophioceras sp. (14104)
Gorstian - Ludfordian426.7 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) Ophidioceras reticulatum (13617)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) Ophidioceras reticulatum (13622)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia Ophioceras simplex (233408) Ophioceras sp. (14037)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Czechia (Cikana) Ophioceras simplex (233409)