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Pseudorthoceratoidea

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida

Taxonomy
Pseudorthoceratoidea was named by Flower and Caster (1935).

It was assigned to Orthocerida by Evans (2000).

Subtaxa
Sactoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Pseudorthoceratoidea Flower and Caster
2000Pseudorthoceratoidea Evans p. 582

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
superfamilyPseudorthoceratoideaFlower and Caster 1935
superfamilyPseudorthoceratoideaFlower and Caster 1935

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.

Superfm. †Pseudorthoceratoidea Flower and Caster 1935
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Fm. †Sactoceratidae Troedsson 1926
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G. †Sactoceras Hyatt 1884
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†Sactoceras hadelandicum Strand 1934
†Sactoceras manitoulinense Foerste 1924
†Sactoceras piso Billings 1865
†Sactoceras tyriense Strand 1934
†Sactoceras westonense Foerste 1924
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Ludfordian or 467.30000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hubei) Sactoceras sp. (4716)
Arenig - Llanvirn478.6 - 458.4China (JiLin) Sactoceras sp. (21141)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (JiLin) Sactoceras sp. (21148)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Nei Mongol) Sactoceras sp. (8541)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4China (HeBei) Sactoceras sp. (7955)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9Saudi Arabia (Tabuk) Sactoceras sp. (87733)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9China (HeBei) Sactoceras sp. (7988)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Sactoceras typicale (26293)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Sactoceras westonense (173249)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Sactoceras piso (173332) Sactoceras sp., Sactoceras manitoulinense (173012)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Hadeland) Sactoceras hadelandicum (164217)
Pusgillian - Rawtheyan449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Sactoceras tyriense (163026)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway Sactoceras hadelandicum (162224)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) Sactoceras vadocameratum (233158)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4Canada (Manitoba) Sactoceras marginale (26663 26664)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Sactoceras richteri (206380 206381 206386)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Italy (Sardinia) Sactoceras richteri (26168)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic Sactoceras pellucidum (233408) Sactoceras sp. (14037)