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Labeceratidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Labeceratidae

Taxonomy

Labeceratidae was named by Spath (1925). It is not extant. Its type is Labeceras.

It was reranked as the subfamily Labeceratinae by Förster (1975), McNamara (1978).

It was assigned to Scaphitaceae by Wright (1952); to Anisoceratidae by Förster (1975), McNamara (1978); to Scaphitoidea by Klinger (1989); to Ancylocerataceae by Henderson and McKenzie (2002); and to Ancyloceratoidea by Henderson (1990), Klein et al. (2007), Tajika et al. (2018).

Subtaxa

Aleteceras, Hamitoides, Idanoceras, Labeceras (type genus), Myloceras (syn. Abadieceras)

Synonyms

Aleteceratidae was named by Whitehouse (1926).

It was synonymized subjectively with Labeceratidae by Klinger (1989).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Whitehouse (1926).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Labeceratidae Spath p. 191
1926	Aleteceratidae Whitehouse p. 231
1952	Labeceratidae Wright
1975	Labeceratinae Förster p. 172
1978	Labeceratinae McNamara p. 232
1989	Labeceratidae Klinger p. 190
1990	Labeceratidae Henderson p. 117
2002	Labeceratidae Henderson and McKenzie
2007	Labeceratidae Klein et al. p. 245
2018	Labeceratidae Tajika et al. p. 72

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Coleoidea	Bather 1888
order	Ammonoida	(Haeckel 1866)
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ancyloceratina	Wiedmann 1966
superfamily	Ancyloceratoidea	(Gill 1871)
family	Labeceratidae
family	Labeceratidae

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. †Labeceratidae Spath 1925

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G. †Aleteceras Whitehouse 1926

†Aleteceras axonoides Etheridge 1909

†Aleteceras nautiloides Etheridge 1909

†Aleteceras plectoides Etheridge 1909

†Aleteceras tardicostatum Whitehouse 1926

G. †Hamitoides

†Hamitoides angolanus Haas 1942

G. †Idanoceras Henderson and McKenzie 2002

G. †Labeceras Spath 1925

Subg. †Labeceras (Appurdiceras) Whitehouse 1926

†Labeceras (Appurdiceras) decorus Henderson 1990

Subg. †Labeceras (Labeceras) Spath 1925

†Labeceras (Labeceras) acuticostatum Förster 1975

†Labeceras (Labeceras) bryani Whitehouse 1926

†Labeceras (Labeceras) tumidum Henderson 1990

†Labeceras compressum Whitehouse 1926

†Labeceras crassicostatum Collignon 1962

†Labeceras inflatum Förster 1975

†Labeceras laqueus Etheridge 1892

†Labeceras papulatum Whitehouse 1926

†Labeceras plasticum Spath 1925

†Labeceras trifidum Whitehouse 1926

G. †Myloceras Spath 1925

Subg. †Myloceras (Calliscaphites) Leanza 1970

†Myloceras (Calliscaphites) andinus Leanza 1970

Subg. †Myloceras (Ellipsoceras) Collignon 1950

†Myloceras (Ellipsoceras) expansum Collignon 1950

Subg. †Myloceras (Flindersites) Whitehouse 1926

†Myloceras (Flindersites) baccatum Whitehouse 1926

†Myloceras (Flindersites) flindersi McCoy 1867

†Myloceras (Flindersites) intermedium Whitehouse 1926

†Myloceras ammonoides Etheridge 1909

†Myloceras auritulum McNamara 1978

†Myloceras cornucopium Spath 1925

Invalid names: Myloceras amaltheia Spath 1925 [synonym]

†Myloceras davidi Whitehouse 1926

†Myloceras joffrei Boule et al. 1907

†Myloceras orbiculus Whitehouse 1926

†Myloceras serotinum Spath 1925

Invalid names: Abadieceras Collignon 1950 [synonym]

Invalid names: Aleteceratidae Whitehouse 1926 [synonym]

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 02:27:03

Modified:

2009-10-08 14:14:55

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Albian or 122.46000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (69 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	Australia (Queensland)	Idanoceras klingeri (64806 64808 64809)
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	Australia (Queensland)	Idanoceras klingeri (64810)
Albian	113.0 - 100.5	Australia (Queensland)	Ancyloceras flindersi (222684) Idanoceras klingeri (64636)
Albian	113.0 - 100.5	Madagascar	Ellipsoceras expansum (98264) Hamitoides madagascariensis, Labeceras plasticum (98245) Labeceras gracile, Labeceras plasticum, Myloceras serotinum (98250)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian	112.03 - 99.6	France	Hamitoides sp. (58861)
Middle Albian	109.0 - 105.3	Madagascar (Mahajanga)	Hamitoides madagascariensis (86503)
Middle Albian	109.0 - 105.3	Madagascar	Hamitoides madagascariensis (98218)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian	109.0 - 99.6	Madagascar (Mahajanga)	Labeceras hourcqi, Ellipsoceras expansum, Abadieceras altissimus, Labeceras crassicostatum (86506)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Madagascar	Labeceras plasticum (98251)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	France	Hamitoides compressus (58363) Hamitoides studerianus (58126 58431)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Madagascar (Mahajanga)	Labeceras spathi (98220)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Angola	Hamitoides angolanus (83840)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Madagascar (Antsiranana)	Hamitoides studieri, Myloceras besairie, Myloceras cornucopiae, Myloceras joffrei, Labeceras plasticum (98215) Myloceras cornucopiae (86507)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Australia (Queensland)	Aleteceras nautiloides (83933) Aleteceras plectoides (83934) Flindersites baccatus, Aleteceras plectoides (83935) Flindersites baccatus, Myloceras davidi, Myloceras orbiculus (83925) Flindersites intermedius, Labeceras papulatum (83930) Flindersites sp., Myloceras orbiculus (83937) Idanoceras klingeri (64807 64811) Labeceras laqueus, Labeceras compressum (83927) Labeceras sp. (56886 56887 56888 56889) Labeceras trifidum (83929) Labeceras trifidum, Flindersites flindersi (83922) Myloceras ammonoides (83767 83768) Myloceras ammonoides, Myloceras auritulum (83752) Myloceras auritulum, Myloceras baccatum, Myloceras nautiloides (83754) Myloceras davidi (83920)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Antarctica	Labeceras sp. (83366)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	Labeceras singulare, Labeceras crassetuberculatum, Myloceras andinus (74297) Labeceras sp., Myloceras sp. (74299) Myloceras andinus (74298)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Australia (Northern Territory)	Myloceras cornucopia, Myloceras joffrei, Labeceras tumidum, Labeceras acuticostatum, Labeceras decorus (70245)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	South Africa	Labeceras inflatum (66019) Labeceras sp., Myloceras sp. (66010) Labeceratidae indet. (66011 66021) Labeceratidae indet., Myloceras serotinum (66020) Myloceras sp. (66012 66015 66016)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Canada (British Columbia)	Myloceras sp. (87691 87712 87714 87715 87719 87720)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Australia (South Australia)	Myloceras ammonoides (83936) Myloceras ammonoides, Flindersites sp. (83931)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Papua New Guinea	Labeceras trifidum (174839) Myloceras davidi, Myloceras flindersi (174834)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Mozambique	Labeceras acuticostatum (174828) Labeceras plasticum (174617) Labeceras sp., Labeceras plasticum, Labeceras crassicostatum (174827) Myloceras cornucopium, Labeceras plasticum, Labeceras inflatum, Myloceras serotinum (174811) Myloceras joffrei (174805)