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Mesobeloceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4624931	https://www.gbif.org/species/4624931
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13493	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13493

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Beloceratidae : Mesobeloceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Agoniatitida : Beloceratidae : Mesobeloceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Agoniatitida	Ruzhencev 1957
suborder	Gephuroceratina	Ruzhencev 1957
superfamily	Belocerataceae	Hyatt 1884
family	Beloceratidae	Hyatt 1884
genus	Mesobeloceras	Glenister 1958

Scientific Name

Mesobeloceras Glenister, 1958

Name Published In

J. Paleont. 32

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mesobeloceras	genus	belongs to Beloceratinae	stated with evidence	Yatskov, 1990
Mesobeloceras	genus	belongs to Anarcestida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Mesobeloceras	genus	belongs to Beloceratidae	stated with evidence	Korn and Klug, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

383 - 376 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

380 - 372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. F. Glenister. 1958. Upper Devonian ammonoids from the Manticoceras zone, Fitzroy Basin, Western Australia. Journal of Paleontology 32:58-96

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Mesobeloceras acutodorsatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mesobeloceras acutum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mesobeloceras bogloslovskyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mesobeloceras boreale ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mesobeloceras denckmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mesobeloceras glenisteri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mesobeloceras kayseri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Mesobeloceras ruani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesobeloceras subacutum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Mesobeloceras termieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mesobeloceras thomasi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Sinobeloceras ruani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sinobeloceras termieri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1958	Mesobeloceras Glenister p. 82
1990	Sinobeloceras Yatskov p. 45
1990	Atopobeloceras Yatskov p. 46
1990	Mesobeloceras Yatskov p. 46
2002	Mesobeloceras Korn and Klug p. 122
2002	Mesobeloceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Mesobeloceras Korn

References

Glenister B. F. (1958) Upper Devonian ammonoids from the Manticoceras zone, Fitzroy Basin, Western Australia, Journal of Paleontology 32, 58-96

Yatskov S. V. (1990) K sistematike semeystva Beloceratidae (Ammonoidea), Iskopaemye Tsefalopodi: Puti Evolyutsii i Sisematikya Otdelnykh Grupp. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 243, 36-51

Korn D., Klug C. (2002) Ammoneae Devonicae, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 138, 1-375

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. Paleont. 32 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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