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Mcqueenoceras

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae

Taxonomy
Mcqueenoceras was named by Ulrich and Foerste (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren]. Its type is Mcqueenoceras jeffersonense.

It was assigned to Cyrtendoceratidae by Ulrich et al. (1943); to Proterocameratidae by Crick (1981); and to Proterocameroceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964), Kröger and Landing (2008).

Species
M. jeffersonense (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Mcqueenoceras Ulrich and Foerste
1943Mcqueenoceras Ulrich et al.
1964Mcqueenoceras Teichert et al. p. 166
1981Mcqueenoceras Crick p. 226
2008Mcqueenoceras Kröger and Landing

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyProterocameroceratidaeKobayashi 1937
genusMcqueenocerasUlrich and Foerste 1936

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. †Mcqueenoceras Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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Mcqueenoceras jeffersonense Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Blackhillsian or 483.40000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (Missouri) M. jeffersonense (189375 189376 189377 189390)
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3USA (Texas) M. sp. (283 293)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3USA (Oklahoma) M. sp. (80100 80101)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3USA (Texas) M. sp. (56489)
Canadian486.85 - 457.3USA (Maryland) M. sp. (285 428)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (New York) M. jeffersonense (89491)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3USA (Missouri) M. jeffersonense (98444 98451 189374)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0USA (Oklahoma) M. sp. (80097 80099)