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Muriceras

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Ellesmeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Muriceras was named by Flower (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem Sepkoski's reference number: 298]. It is not extant. Its type is Muriceras murus.

It was assigned to Ellesmeroceratidae by Flower (1964), Crick (1981); and to Ellesmerocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Muriceras Flower p. 88
1981Muriceras Crick p. 227
2002Muriceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyEllesmeroceratidaeKobayashi 1934
genusMuriceras

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.

G. †Muriceras Flower 1964
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Muriceras anomalum Flower 1964
Muriceras curviseptatum Flower 1964
Muriceras gracile Flower 1964
Muriceras hebetum Flower 1964
Muriceras micromurus Flower 1964
Muriceras moderatum Flower 1964
Muriceras murus Flower 1964
Muriceras obscurum Flower 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:32:52
Modified: 2007-09-07 11:44:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Demingian to the top of the Arenig or 486.85000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Demingian486.85 - 483.4USA (New Mexico) M. obscurum (88827 88829)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Texas) M. murus, M. micromurus, M. anomalum, M. gracile, M. curviseptatum, M. hebetum, M. moderatum (88805)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Virginia) Clelandoceras elongatum (73291)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (XinJiang) M. sp. (20806)