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Maenioceras mzerrebense

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Maenioceratidae

Taxonomy
Maenioceras mzerrebense was named by Bockwinkel and Korn (2024). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.31950.1, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Oued Mzerreb-W, bed 6, which is in a Givetian marine horizon in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Maenioceras mzerrebense Bockwinkel and Korn p. 9 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderPharciceratina(Korn 1998)
superfamilyPharciceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMaenioceratidaeBogoslovsky 1958
genusMaeniocerasSchindewolf 1933
speciesmzerrebense

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Maenioceras mzerrebense Bockwinkel and Korn 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height54.773.805.904.800.913
shell diameter510.48.4012.610.61.79
shell inflation52.752.503.202.800.288

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Givetian or 383.00000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2Morocco Maenioceras mzerrebense (type locality: 233296)