Mojsvaroceras perarmatum von Mojsisovics 1873 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Alternative combination: Nautilus perarmatus

Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1873. Das Gebirge um Hallstatt. Eine geologisch-paläontologische Studie aus den Alpen. 1 Teil, Die Mollusken-Faunen der Zlambach- und Hallstätter-Schichten. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 6(1):1-82

Belongs to Mojsvaroceras according to F. Tatzreiter and I. Zorn 2013

See also Schastlivtseva 1988, von Mojsisovics 1873 and von Mojsisovics 1902

Sister taxa: Mojsvaroceras augusti, Mojsvaroceras binodosum, Mojsvaroceras haasi, Mojsvaroceras kagae, Mojsvaroceras kummeli, Mojsvaroceras morloti, Mojsvaroceras nivicola, Mojsvaroceras turneri, Mojsvaroceras zaki

Type specimen: GBA 1873/005/0010, a shell. Its type locality is Raschberg, beds with Bucephalus subbullatus, which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Halstatt Formation of Austria.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 48.0

Distribution: found only at Raschberg, beds with Bucephalus subbullatus

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