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Myloceras orbiculus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Labeceratidae

Taxonomy
Myloceras orbiculus was named by Whitehouse (1926) [DISTRIBUTION: Albian; Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Myloceras orbiculus Whitehouse p. 235 figs. pl. 41, figs. 1a, b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyLabeceratidae
genusMylocerasSpath 1925
speciesorbiculus

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.

Myloceras orbiculus Whitehouse 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Australia (Queensland) Myloceras orbiculus (83925 83937)