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Mojsvaroceras ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Tainoceratidae : Mojsvaroceras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Mojsvaroceras Hyatt, 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 232 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Metacoceras frenchi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mojsvaroceras binodosum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Mojsvaroceras haasi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Mojsvaroceras kagae ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Mojsvaroceras kummeli ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Mojsvaroceras morloti ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Mojsvaroceras nivicola ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Mojsvaroceras perarmatum ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Mojsvaroceras turneri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Nautilus perarmatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Temnocheilus binodosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1883 | Mojsvaroceras Hyatt |
| 1953 | Metacoceras (Mojsvaroceras) Kummel p. 21 |
| 1964 | Mojsvaroceras Teichert et al. p. 414 |
| 2002 | Mojscaroceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2016 | Mojsvaroceras Pérez-Valera et al. p. 174 |
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!
