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Moremanoceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4627640	https://www.gbif.org/species/4627640
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15212	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15212

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Moremanoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Moremanoceras

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	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Desmoceratoidea
family	Desmoceratidae	Zittel 1895
subfamily	Desmoceratinae	Zittel 1895
genus	Moremanoceras	Cobban 1971

Scientific Name

Moremanoceras Cobban, 1971

Name Published In

Prof. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 699

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Moremanoceras	subgenus	belongs to Desmoceras	stated with evidence	Cobban, 1972
Moremanoceras	genus	belongs to Desmoceratinae	stated with evidence	Kennedy et al., 1988
Moremanoceras	genus	belongs to Desmoceratidae	stated with evidence	Kennedy and Cobban, 1993
Moremanoceras	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Moremanoceras	genus	belongs to Desmoceratinae	stated with evidence	Kennedy, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

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)

W. A. Cobban. 1972. New and little-known ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian and Turonian) of the western interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 699:1-24

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Moremanoceras bravoense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Moremanoceras costatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Moremanoceras costatum ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Moremanoceras elgini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Moremanoceras flexuosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Moremanoceras montanaense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Moremanoceras scotti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Moremanoceras straini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1972	Desmoceras (Moremanoceras) Cobban p. 5
1972	Moremanoceras Cobban p. 5
1988	Moremanoceras Kennedy et al. p. 35
1990	Moremanoceras Kennedy and Cobban p. 386
1993	Moremanoceras Kennedy and Cobban p. 330
2002	Moremanoceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Moremanoceras Kennedy p. 355

References

Cobban W. A. (1972) New and little-known ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian and Turonian) of the western interior of the United States, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 699, 1-24

Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A., et al (1988) Middle Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) molluscan fauna from the base of the Boquillas Formation, Cerro de Muleros, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Bulletin 114, 35-44

Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A. (1990) Cenomanian micromorphic ammonites from the western interior of the USA, Palaeontology 33, 379-422

Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A. (1993) Lower Cenomanian Forbesiceras brundrettei zone ammonite fauna in Texas, USA, N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh 188 3, 327-344

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

Kennedy W. J. (2005) Systematic palaeontology, in Upper Albian and Lower Cenomanian ammonites from the Main Street Limestone, Grayson Marl and Del Rio Clay in northeast Texas, Cretaceous Research 26, 349-428

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Prof. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 699 - 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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