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Pseudorthoceras

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Pseudorthoceras Girty
1933Mooreoceras Miller et al. p. 87
1961Mooreoceras Hoare p. 128
1961Pseudorthoceras Hoare p. 129
1964Mooreoceras Teichert et al. p. 243
1964Pseudorthoceras Teichert et al. p. 243
2002Mooreoceras Sepkoski
2002Pseudorthoceras Sepkoski
2005Pseudorthoceras Kröger and Mapes
2006Mooreoceras Sabattini et al. p. 1144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoideaZhuravleva 1994
orderPseudorthocerida
familyPseudorthoceratidaeFlower and Caster 1935
subfamilyPseudorthoceratinae
genusPseudorthoceras

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. †Pseudorthoceras Girty 1912
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Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
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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]
Pseudorthoceras neumannae Shimanskiy 1954
Pseudorthoceras pillae Gemmellaro 1889
Pseudorthoceras simense Shimanskiy 1954
Pseudorthoceras stonense Gordon 1964
Invalid names: Mooreoceras Miller et al. 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter29.499.0010.09.500.707

Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Changhsingian or 376.10000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (272 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany (Rhenish Massif) P. sp. (5960)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Mooreoceras sp. (6734 69302) Mooreoceras sp., Mooreoceras indianense, Mooreoceras chouteauense (5596)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (California) Mooreoceras sp. (10241)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Colorado) Mooreoceras sp. (10405)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Indiana) Mooreoceras sp. (224222)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (California) Mooreoceras sp. (12345)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Indiana) Mooreoceras sp. (559)
Holkerian - Brigantian346.7 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Mooreoceras regulare (5606)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Mooreoceras regulare (5603)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) P. knoxense (6329 6339 6340 6341 6342 6343 6344 6360 6363 6364 6365 6366 6367 6410 6422 6423 6424) P. sp. (565)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Arkansas) Mooreoceras sp. A (158021)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) P. knoxense (92286)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arkansas) P. knoxense (92182)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Arkansas) Mooreoceras wedingtonianum (157822 158022)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (England) P. striolatum (8253)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Montana) Mooreoceras sp. (5641)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) P. striolatum (8255)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Arkansas) Mooreoceras sp. B (157986 157990 160563) Mooreoceras wedingtonianum (158027) P. stonense (157867 157941 157942 157943)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Mooreoceras normale (43203 43205 43348 43356 43362 43367 43372 43374 43376 43379 43380 43381 43388 43419 43430 43440) Mooreoceras normale, P. knoxense (43202 43366 43369 43375 43382 43384 43428) Mooreoceras sp. (43349 43353 43357 43363) P. knoxense (43386 43410 43423 43424 43438)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Ohio) P. knoxense (184126 184129 184131)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) P. knoxense (79329)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Kentucky) Orthoceras rushensis (158165)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (Arkansas) Mooreoceras normale (157955 157958 158015) P. knoxense (157833)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Texas) P. knoxense (92867 92868)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Mooreoceras normale (195795)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine P. sp. (166829)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arkansas) Mooreoceras normale (157929 158013)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Mooreoceras sp. (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Mooreoceras normale, P. knoxense (91530) Mooreoceras sp., P. sp. (8635) P. knoxense (92288 92289 92470 92471 92472 92473 92474 92475 92476 92477 92478 92479 209358) P. sp. (8632 8633 8634 8636 8637 8638 8639 8640 8641 8642 8643 8644 8645 8646 8648 8649 8650 210740 210741)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Mooreoceras normale (70134 70135 70255 70258) Mooreoceras normale, P. knoxense (70290 70309 70383) P. knoxense (70187 70294 70382)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) P. knoxense (11098 92869 92870 216619)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Maryland) P. knoxense (118828)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) P. knoxense (92535 92578 92579 92580 92581 92863 92864 92865 92866)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) P. knoxense (92871 92872 93703 159900 159901 159902 217916 217917 217918)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) P. 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)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Mooreoceras normale, P. knoxense (49830) Mooreoceras sp. (50219) P. knoxense (49833)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Mooreoceras sp., P. knoxense (156715) P. knoxense (146819 146828 217068)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) P. knoxense (44351)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Maryland) P. knoxense (118827)
Noginskian301.2 - 300.1USA (Kansas) Mooreoceras sp. (11615) P. knoxense (11514 11519 11708)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) P. knoxense (113097)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) P. knoxense (12188) P. sp. (12442)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Wyoming) Mooreoceras sp., P. knoxense (113082)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1East Timor Mooreoceras sp. (61939)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Mooreoceras giganteum (101786)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Argentina (Chubut) Mooreoceras zalazarense (152898)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Orthoceras rushensis (108766) P. knoxense (90007)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (New Mexico) Mooreoceras giganteum (113422 113423)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Utah) P. sp. (10651)
Leonardian286.0 - 273.01USA (Wyoming) Mooreoceras sp. (11231)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) Mooreoceras sp. (41515 41516)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Mooreoceras normale, P. splendens (90747 90749) Mooreoceras normale, P. splendens, Mooreoceras gigantea (90740 90745) Mooreoceras sp., P. sp. (75884)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Colombia Mooreoceras sp. (119258 119259 119262)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) Mooreoceras sp. (83179) Pseudorthoceras indet. (10139)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China P. sp. (66112)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia Mooreoceras sibumasuense (86597)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) P. knoxense (52898 95353 120746 120747)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Nevada) Mooreoceras sp. (38762) P. sp. (10444 10445 10447 10472 10640)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Idaho) Orthoceras sp. (113056)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Mooreoceras sp. (43512 43553)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Orthoceras pillae (108566 108674)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Azerbaijan Orthoceras cribrosum (132465 232366)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17USA (California) Mooreoceras sp. (108997)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Mooreoceras australis (120326 120327)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation (South Primorye) P. sp. (52813 52818 52819)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation P. sp. (110922)