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Mosquoceras

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Mosquoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mosquoceras was named by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc C Step-l Sepkoski's reference number: 524].

It was assigned to Nautilida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mosquoceratidae by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954), Shimanskiy (1967) and Leonova and Shchedukhin (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Mosquoceras Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 85
1967Mosquoceras Shimanskiy p. 95
2002Mosquoceras Sepkoski
2020Mosquoceras Leonova and Shchedukhin p. 1120

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyMosquoceratidae
genusMosquoceras

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. †Mosquoceras Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Mosquoceras huecoense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Mosquoceras jakowlewi Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Mosquoceras planum Leonova and Shchedukhin 2020
Mosquoceras simense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Mosquoceras tschernyschewi Tzwetaev 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height321.719.125.021.52.97
shell diameter351.248.056.050.04.16
shell inflation317.215.819.017.01.62

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Podolskian to the top of the Artinskian or 311.45000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Russian Federation M. tschernyschewi (166304)
Podolskian311.45 - 309.0Russian Federation M. tschernyschewi (49968)
Myachkovian309.0 - 307.0Russian Federation M. tschernyschewi (166303) Nautilus tschernyschewi (166302)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) M. planum (217202)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation M. simense (116787)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (New Mexico) Temnocheilus sp. (101770)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Kazakhstan M. jakowlewi (116788)