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Muensteroceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Muensteroceras was named by Hyatt (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 304,954].

It was reranked as Glyphioceras (Muensteroceras) by Foord (1903).

It was assigned to Glyphioceras by Foord (1903); to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Muensteroceratidae by Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009), Ebbighausen et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Muensteroceras Hyatt
1903Glyphioceras (Muensteroceras) Foord
2002Muensteroceras Sepkoski
2006Muensteroceras Korn
2009Muensteroceras Furnish et al. p. 31
2010Muensteroceras Ebbighausen et al. p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMuensteroceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
genusMuensteroceras

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. †Muensteroceras Hyatt 1884
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Muensteroceras complanatum de Koninck 1880
Muensteroceras fabrei Ebbighausen et al. 2010
Muensteroceras holmesi Swallow 1860
Muensteroceras kazakhstanicum Librovitch 1940
Muensteroceras morganense Swallow 1860
Muensteroceras multitudum Korn et al. 2010
Muensteroceras osagense Swallow 1860
Muensteroceras oweni Hall 1859
Muensteroceras pfefferae Miller and Werner 1942
Muensteroceras pisiforme Gordon 1964
Muensteroceras subparallelum Korn et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height566.622.3040.06.057.53
shell diameter5613.75.2070.212.213.6
shell inflation562.060.7006.701.921.50

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hastarian to the top of the Pendleian or 358.86000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Russian Federation (Orenburg) M. modestum (5821)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Kentucky) M. sp. (5508)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Arkansas) M. collinsoni (157675 157677) M. sp. (157687) M. sp., M. collinsoni (157673 157674)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Australia (New South Wales) M. oweni (75620 75622)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Missouri) M. pfefferae (157678)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) M. oweni, M. parallelum (5596)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) M. rotella, M. sp., M. complanatum (5516)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Morocco M. quadriconstrictum (66200 66201)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Algeria M. multitudum (135368 135400 135401 135403 135404 135438 135442 135443 135444 135476 135477) M. subparallelum (135397 135398 135402 135407 135408 135445 135446 135478 135479)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) M. oweni (46581 46582 46583 65684 157662)
Ivorian - Chadian353.7 - 339.9Ireland M. rotella, M. complanatum (76501)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Ireland M. sp., M. pseudaganides (76517)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9Algeria M. fabrei (224275)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kansas) M. sp. (157676)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (England) M. inconstans (233416)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Spain (León) M. corpulentissimum (235573)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) M. sp. (211904)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Arkansas) M. pisiforme (84400 84404 157680 157681 157682 157683 157684 157685 157686)