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Bactroceras Holm, 1899 †
1727184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1727184)
accepted
Genus
Bactroceras avus Holm, 1899 † accepted as Bactroceras sandbergeri (Barrande, 1867) † (type by subsequent designation)
Eobactrites Schindewolf, 1932 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Irianoceras T. Kobayashi, 1971 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Bactroceras angustisiphonatum (Rüdiger, 1889) †
- Species Bactroceras boliviensis Aubrechtová, 2015 †
- Species Bactroceras cocafolium Kröger, Chacaltana & Gutiérrez-Marco, 2024 †
- Species Bactroceras eburneolum (Stauffer, 1937) †
- Species Bactroceras fluvii Kröger & Pohle, 2021 †
- Species Bactroceras gossei (Etheridge, 1893) †
- Species Bactroceras huanghuaense G.-H. Xu & C.-G. Lai, 1987 †
- Species Bactroceras inopinatum (Stauffer, 1937) †
- Species Bactroceras interpolatum (Barrande, 1870) †
- Species Bactroceras mourguesi (Thoral, 1935) †
- Species Bactroceras sandbergeri (Barrande, 1867) †
- Species Bactroceras subventrum C.-G. Lai, 1987 †
- Species Bactroceras xianlingbuense X.-P. Zou, 1987 †
- Species Bactroceras zhejiangense X.-P. Zou, 1987 †
- Species Bactroceras avus Holm, 1899 † accepted as Bactroceras sandbergeri (Barrande, 1867) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bactroceras guichiense Ying, 1989 † accepted as Bactroceras angustisiphonatum (Rüdiger, 1889) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bactroceras jingshanlingense Zou, 1987 † accepted as Bactroceras angustisiphonatum (Rüdiger, 1889) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bactroceras latisiphonatum Glenister, 1952 † accepted as Bactroceras angustisiphonatum (Rüdiger, 1889) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bactroceras wilsoni Flower, 1968 † accepted as Bactroceras angustisiphonatum (Rüdiger, 1889) † (unaccepted > junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
neuter
Holm, G. (1899). Palaeontologiska notiser. Om ett par Bactrites-liknande Untersiluriska Orthocer-former. <em>Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar.</em> 20: 354-360. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bactroceras Holm, 1899 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1727184 on 2026-04-01
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original description
Holm, G. (1899). Palaeontologiska notiser. Om ett par Bactrites-liknande Untersiluriska Orthocer-former. <em>Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar.</em> 20: 354-360. [details]
original description (of Eobactrites Schindewolf, 1932 †) Schindewolf, O. H. (1932). Zur Stammesgeschichte der Ammoneen. <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 14(3): 164-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03041630
page(s): 174 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Irianoceras T. Kobayashi, 1971 †) Kobayashi, T.; Burton, C. K. (1971). Discovery of Ellesmereoceroid Cephalopods in West Irian, New Guinea. <em>Proceedings of the Japan Academy.</em> 47(7): 625-630., available online at https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1945.47.625
page(s): 627 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source King, A. H.; Evans, D. H. (2019). High-level classification of the nautiloid cephalopods: a proposal for the revision of the Treatise Part K. <em>Swiss Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 138(1): 65-85., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-019-00186-4
page(s): 80 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Aubrechtová, M. (2015). A revision of the Ordovician cephalopod Bactrites sandbergeri Barrande: Systematic position and palaeobiogeography of Bactroceras. <em>Geobios.</em> 48(3): 193-211., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2015.03.002 [details]
additional source Evans, D. H. (2005). The Lower and Middle Ordovician cephalopod faunas of England and Wales. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 158(623): 1-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/25761900.2022.12131803 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Eobactrites Schindewolf, 1932 †) Schindewolf, O. H. (1932). Zur Stammesgeschichte der Ammoneen. <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 14(3): 164-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03041630
page(s): 174 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Irianoceras T. Kobayashi, 1971 †) Kobayashi, T.; Burton, C. K. (1971). Discovery of Ellesmereoceroid Cephalopods in West Irian, New Guinea. <em>Proceedings of the Japan Academy.</em> 47(7): 625-630., available online at https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1945.47.625
page(s): 627 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source King, A. H.; Evans, D. H. (2019). High-level classification of the nautiloid cephalopods: a proposal for the revision of the Treatise Part K. <em>Swiss Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 138(1): 65-85., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-019-00186-4
page(s): 80 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Aubrechtová, M. (2015). A revision of the Ordovician cephalopod Bactrites sandbergeri Barrande: Systematic position and palaeobiogeography of Bactroceras. <em>Geobios.</em> 48(3): 193-211., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2015.03.002 [details]
additional source Evans, D. H. (2005). The Lower and Middle Ordovician cephalopod faunas of England and Wales. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 158(623): 1-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/25761900.2022.12131803 [details] Available for editors