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Virginoceratinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Virginoceratidae was named by Yatskov (1990). Its type is Virginoceras.

It was reranked as the subfamily Virginoceratinae by Korn and Klug (2002), Korn (2006).

It was assigned to Triainocerataceae by Yatskov (1990); and to Gephuroceratidae by Korn and Klug (2002), Korn (2006).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Virginoceratidae Yatskov p. 42
2002Virginoceratinae Korn and Klug p. 110
2006Virginoceratinae Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyGephuroceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyVirginoceratinae()
subfamilyVirginoceratinae()

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.

Subfm. †Virginoceratinae Yatskov 1990
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G. †Carinoceras Ljaschenko 1957
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Carinoceras acutiforme Termier and Termier 1950
Carinoceras galeatum Wedekind 1913
Carinoceras ljaschenkoae Bogoslovsky 1969
Carinoceras menneri Ljaschenko 1957
Carinoceras sororium Clarke 1898
Carinoceras vagans Clarke 1898
G. †Neomanticoceras Schindewolf 1936
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Invalid names: Neomanticoceras clauseni Yatskov 1990 [synonym]
G. †Virginoceras Ruzhencev 1960
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Virginoceras erraticum Glenister 1958
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 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Middle Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.00000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Carinoceras sp. (39050 39051) Neomanticoceras erraticum (39066)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2USA (New York) Carinoceras vagans (136483 136484 136485 136652 136653 136739 157603) Manticoceras vagans (157604)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Neomanticoceras erraticum (39057 170972 170973 170975)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Carinoceras ljaschenkoae (172123 172125 172132) Carinoceras menneri (172119 172120 172467 172469 172474 172475 172481) Carinoceras menneri, Carinoceras ljaschenkoae (172129) Carinoceras menneri, Virginoceras ljaschenkoae (172466) Carinoceras sp., Carinoceras menneri, Virginoceras ljaschenkoae (172486) Virginoceras ljaschenkoae (172476 172478 172483 172484)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Kazakhstan Manticoceras galeatum (172139)