Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Alternative combination: Mooreoceras gigantea
Full reference: R. L. Clifton. 1942. Invertebrate Faunas from The Blaine and The Dog Creek Formations of the Permain Leonard Series. Journal of Paleontology 16(6):685-699
Belongs to Mooreoceras according to V. N. Shimanskiy 1954
See also Clifton 1942 and Miller and Youngquist 1949
Sister taxa: Pseudorthoceras knoxense, Pseudorthoceras neumannae, Pseudorthoceras pillae, Pseudorthoceras simense, Pseudorthoceras stonense, Mooreoceras tuba, Mooreoceras australis, Mooreoceras zalazarensis, Mooreoceras regulare, Mooreoceras wedingtonianum, Mooreoceras sibumasuense
Type specimen: Its type locality is Quanah, Hardeman County, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Blaine Formation of Texas
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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