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Mooreoceras ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pseudorthoceratidae : Mooreoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pseudorthocerida : Pseudorthoceratidae : Mooreoceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Mooreoceras Miller, Dunbar & Condra, 1933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bull. Nebraska Geol. Surv., No. 9 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. K. Miller, C.O. Dunbar, and GE Condra. 1933. The nautiloid cephalopods of the Pennsylvanian system in the Mid-Continent Region. Nebraska Geololgical Survey Bulletin 9:1-240 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Mooreoceras australis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Mooreoceras bakeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mooreoceras condrai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mooreoceras conicum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mooreoceras gigantea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mooreoceras giganteum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 296 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Mooreoceras ovale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mooreoceras regulare ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 343 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Mooreoceras sibumasuense ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 279 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Mooreoceras wedingtonianum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 326 Ma Carboniferous | 326 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Mooreoceras zalazarensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1933 | Mooreoceras Miller et al. p. 87 |
| 1961 | Mooreoceras Hoare p. 128 |
| 1964 | Mooreoceras Teichert et al. p. 243 |
| 2002 | Mooreoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Mooreoceras Sabattini et al. p. 1144 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
