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Pseudorthoceras knoxense
Taxonomy
Orthoceras knoxensis was named by McChesney (1859). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pseudorthoceras.
It was recombined as Pseudorthoceras knoxense by Miller et al. (1933), Miller and Thomas (1936), Miller and Youngquist (1947), Miller and Youngquist (1949), Hoare (1961), Winters (1963), Gordon (1964), Kröger and Mapes (2005).
It was recombined as Pseudorthoceras knoxense by Miller et al. (1933), Miller and Thomas (1936), Miller and Youngquist (1947), Miller and Youngquist (1949), Hoare (1961), Winters (1963), Gordon (1964), Kröger and Mapes (2005).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Orthoceras cribrosum Geinitz |
| 1873 | Orthoceras rushensis Meek and Worthen |
| 1911 | Pseudorthoceras seminolense Girty |
| 1931 | Orthoceras colletti Morse pp. 300, 325-326 figs. pl. 54 f. 1-2 |
| 1933 | Pseudorthoceras knoxense Miller et al. p. 81 figs. Pl 1, figs 4-9 |
| 1933 | Mooreoceras normale Miller et al. p. 87 figs. Pl 2, figs 5-7 |
| 1936 | Pseudorthoceras knoxense Miller and Thomas p. 726 figs. Pl 96, figs 6,7 |
| 1942 | Pseudorthoceras splendens Clifton p. 694 figs. Pl 102, figs 1,2; pl 103, fig 1 |
| 1942 | Mooreoceras normale Clifton p. 695 figs. Pl 103, fig 2 |
| 1947 | Pseudorthoceras knoxense Miller and Youngquist p. 3 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-7 |
| 1949 | Pseudorthoceras knoxense Miller and Youngquist p. 18 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-7; pl 3, figs 2-8; pl 55, figs 15-17 |
| 1958 | Mooreoceras normale Unklesbay and Palmer p. 1072 figs. pl. 138 f. 14-15 |
| 1961 | Mooreoceras normale Hoare pp. 128-129 figs. pl. 16 f. 5 |
| 1961 | Pseudorthoceras knoxense Hoare pp. 129-130 figs. pl. 16 f. 4; pl. 17 f. 1 |
| 1963 | Pseudorthoceras knoxense Winters p. 64 figs. Pl 9, fig 10 |
| 1964 | Pseudorthoceras knoxense Gordon p. 109 figs. Pl 5, figs 19,20 |
| 1964 | Mooreoceras normale Gordon p. 113 figs. Pl 8, figs 14-16,23 |
| 2005 | Pseudorthoceras knoxense Kröger and Mapes p. 69 |
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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.
†Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
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†Mooreoceras normale angusticameratum Miller et al. 1933
Invalid names: Mooreoceras normale Miller et al. 1933 [synonym], Orthoceras cribrosum Geinitz 1866 [synonym], Orthoceras rushensis Meek and Worthen 1873 [synonym], Pseudorthoceras seminolense Girty 1911 [synonym], Pseudorthoceras splendens Clifton 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Chesterian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 335.40000 to 254.14000 Ma
Collections (186 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Visean | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (239595) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (6329 6339 6340 6341 6342 6343 6344 6360 6363 6364 6365 6366 6367 6410 6422 6423 6424) | |
| Chesterian | USA (Oklahoma) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (92286) | |
| Chesterian | USA (Arkansas) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (92182) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Arkansas) | Mooreoceras normale (43203 43205 43348 43356 43362 43367 43372 43374 43376 43379 43380 43381 43388 43419 43430 43440) Mooreoceras normale, Pseudorthoceras knoxense (43202 43366 43369 43375 43382 43384 43428 275965) Pseudorthoceras knoxense (43386 43410 43423 43424 43438) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Kentucky) | Orthoceras rushensis (158165) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Oklahoma) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (79329) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Ohio) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (184126 184129 184131) | |
| Bashkirian | USA (Arkansas) | Mooreoceras normale (157955 157958 158015) Pseudorthoceras knoxense (157833) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Michigan) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (276085) | |
| Atokan | USA (Texas) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (92867 92868) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Kentucky) | Mooreoceras normale (195795) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Arkansas) | Mooreoceras normale (157929 158013) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Texas) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (11098 92869 92870 216619) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Oklahoma) | Mooreoceras normale, Pseudorthoceras knoxense (91530) Pseudorthoceras knoxense (92288 92289 92470 92471 92472 92473 92474 92475 92476 92477 92478 92479 209358) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Missouri) | Mooreoceras normale (70134 70135 70255 70258) Mooreoceras normale, Pseudorthoceras knoxense (70290 70309 70383) Pseudorthoceras knoxense (70187 70294 70382) | |
| Missourian | USA (Texas) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (92871 92872 93703 159900 159901 159902 217916 217917 217918) | |
| Missourian | USA (Maryland) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (118828) | |
| Missourian | USA (Oklahoma) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (92535 92578 92579 92580 92581 92863 92864 92865 92866 275964) | |
| Virgilian | USA (New Mexico) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (146819 146828 156715 217068) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Maryland) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (118827) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Illinois) | Mooreoceras normale, Pseudorthoceras knoxense (49830) Pseudorthoceras knoxense (49833) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Texas) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (93704 93705 93706 93707 93708 217891 217893 217894 217897 217901 217903 217905 217906 217908 217913 217915 217927 217929 217932 217934 217941 217944 217947 217952 217958 217960 217965 217969 217977 217979 217986 217992 217993 217994 217995 218000 218002 218004 218006 218010 218014 218017 218021 218022 218027 218029 218054 219193) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Kansas) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (44351) | |
| Asselian | USA (Texas) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (113097) | |
| Asselian | USA (Wyoming) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (113082) | |
| Asselian | USA (Kansas) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (12188) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Orthoceras rushensis (108766) Pseudorthoceras knoxense (90007) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Arizona) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (52898 95353 120746 120747) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Mooreoceras normale, Pseudorthoceras splendens (90740 90745 90747 90749) | |
| Noginskian | USA (Kansas) | Pseudorthoceras knoxense (11514 11519 11708) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Azerbaijan | Orthoceras cribrosum (132465 232366) |