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Phylloceras (Euphylloceras) moriezense ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	319175	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=319175

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

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	Phylloceratida
superfamily	Phylloceratoidea
family	Phylloceratidae	Zittel 1884
subfamily	Phylloceratinae	Zittel 1884
genus	Phylloceras	Suess 1865
subgenus	Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras)	Salfeld 1924
species	Phylloceras (Euphylloceras) moriezense	(Sayn 1920)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Phylloceras (Euphylloceras) moriezense	species	belongs to Phylloceras	stated with evidence	Sayn, 1920
Phylloceras (Euphylloceras) moriezense	species	belongs to Phylloceras (Euphylloceras)	stated with evidence	Collignon, 1962

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Phylloceratida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Phylloceratida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Collignon. 1962. Atlas des fossiles caractéristiques de Madagascar (Ammonites). Fascicule IX (Aptien). Service Géologique Tananarive

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1920	Phylloceras moriezense Sayn
1962	Phylloceras (Euphylloceras) moriezense Collignon p. 1 figs. Pl 215, fig 938

Collignon M. (1962) Atlas des fossiles caractéristiques de Madagascar (Ammonites). Fascicule IX (Aptien), Service Géologique Tananarive, 1-64

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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