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Mesaktoceras

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Mesaktoceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Georginidae by Crick (1981); and to Actinocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Mesaktoceras Crick p. 227
2002Mesaktoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyGeorginidaeWade 1977
genusMesaktoceras

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:57
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Llanvirn or 461.10000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2Saudi Arabia (Tabuk) M. sp. (87733)