Muensteroceras Hyatt 1884

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae

Alternative spelling: Glyphioceras (Muensteroceras)

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1884. Genera of fossil cephalopods. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 22:253-338

Parent taxon: Muensteroceratidae according to V. Ebbighausen et al. 2010

See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Akeshakeceras, Beyrichoceratoides, Cluthoceras, Eoglyphioceras, Eurites, Follotites, Furnishoceras, Itimaites, Kozhimites, Muensteroceratoides, Nautellipsites, Terektytes

Subtaxa: Muensteroceras collinsoni Muensteroceras complanatum Muensteroceras fabrei Muensteroceras holmesi Muensteroceras indianense Muensteroceras kazakhstanicum Muensteroceras morganense Muensteroceras multitudum Muensteroceras osagense Muensteroceras oweni Muensteroceras parallelum Muensteroceras pfefferae Muensteroceras pisiforme Muensteroceras quadriconstrictum Muensteroceras subparallelum

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Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Algeria (21 collections), Australia (2), Ireland (2), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (23: Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri)

Total: 54 collections including 61 occurrences

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