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Mongoloceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Mongoloceratidae

Taxonomy
Mongoloceras was named by Ruzhencev (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mongoloceratidae by Leonova (2002), Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Mongoloceras Ruzhencev
2002Mongoloceras Leonova
2002Mongoloceras Sepkoski
2006Mongoloceras Korn
2009Mongoloceras Furnish et al. p. 182

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPopanoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMongoloceratidae
genusMongolocerasRuzhencev 1960

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. †Mongoloceras Ruzhencev 1960
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Mongoloceras globiense Ruzhencev 1960
Mongoloceras omanicum Glenister and Furnish 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height214.09.4020.915.18.13
shell diameter230.920.546.533.518.4
shell inflation26.154.508.406.452.76

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Oman M. omanicum (82199)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jilin) M. sp. (107783)