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Moremanoceras elgini

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) elgini was named by Young (1958). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudouhligella elgini by Young (1959); it was recombined as Moremanoceras elgini by Kennedy and Cobban (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) elgini Young p. 292 figs. pl. 39, figs. 4-20
1959Pseudouhligella elgini Young p. 80
1993Moremanoceras elgini Kennedy and Cobban p. 330

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyDesmoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusMoremanoceras
specieselgini(Young 1958)

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.

†Moremanoceras elgini Young 1958
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Moremanoceras elgini (88566 88567 88568 88569 88570 88571)