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Heracloceras Teichert, 1940 †
1896557 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1896557)
accepted
Genus
Gyroceras inelegans Meek, 1871 † accepted as Heracloceras inelegans (Meek, 1871) † (type by typification of replaced name)
Gigantoceras Hyatt, 1900 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Gigantoceras Holland, 1893;...)
of Gigantoceras Holland, 1893; Heracloceras Teichert, 1940 is a replacement name
- Species Heracloceras inelegans (Meek, 1871) †
- Species Heracloceras elrodi (C. A. White, 1882) † accepted as Cumingsoceras elrodi (C. A. White, 1882) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
neuter
Teichert, C. (1940). Contributions to nautiloid nomenclature. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 14: 590-597., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/1298712
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Heracloceras Teichert, 1940 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1896557 on 2026-08-08
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original description
Teichert, C. (1940). Contributions to nautiloid nomenclature. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 14: 590-597., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/1298712
page(s): 590 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Gigantoceras Hyatt, 1900 †) Hyatt, A. (1900). Cephalopoda. In: Zittel, K. A. V.; Eastman, C. R. (Eds). <em>Text-book of paleontology by Karl A. von Zittel [translated from German to English and edited by C. R. Eastman]. Vol. 1.</em> pp. 502-604. Macmillan, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17392244
page(s): 527 [details]
basis of record Manda, Š.; Turek, V. (2019). Embryonic and early juvenile development in the Silurian basal nautilid <i>Peismoceras</i> Hyatt, 1894. <em>Swiss Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 138(1): 123-139., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-019-00192-6
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 590 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Gigantoceras Hyatt, 1900 †) Hyatt, A. (1900). Cephalopoda. In: Zittel, K. A. V.; Eastman, C. R. (Eds). <em>Text-book of paleontology by Karl A. von Zittel [translated from German to English and edited by C. R. Eastman]. Vol. 1.</em> pp. 502-604. Macmillan, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17392244
page(s): 527 [details]
basis of record Manda, Š.; Turek, V. (2019). Embryonic and early juvenile development in the Silurian basal nautilid <i>Peismoceras</i> Hyatt, 1894. <em>Swiss Journal of Palaeontology.</em> 138(1): 123-139., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-019-00192-6
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors
[request]