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Moremanoceras scotti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tragodesmoceras scotti was named by Moreman (1942). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Moremanoceras.

It was recombined as Desmoceras (Moremanoceras) scotti by Cobban (1972); it was recombined as Moremanoceras scotti by Kennedy and Cobban (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Tragodesmoceras scotti Moreman p. 208 figs. pl. 33, fig. 8
1972Desmoceras (Moremanoceras) scotti Cobban p. 6 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-23; text-figs 3-5
1993Moremanoceras scotti Kennedy and Cobban p. 330

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyDesmoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusMoremanoceras
speciesscotti(Moreman 1942)

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 scotti Moreman 1942
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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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8USA (Texas) Desmoceras scotti (234310)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) Desmoceras scotti (53507 54164 55815 55816 176939)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) Moremanoceras scotti (230782 230784)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Colorado) Desmoceras scotti (78164)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Moremanoceras scotti (175424)