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Microderoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae

Taxonomy
Microderoceras was named by Hyatt (1871) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-l J Sine-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites birchi.

It was assigned to Xipheroceratinae by Bremer (1965); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Eoderoceratinae by Howarth (2013); and to Eoderoceratidae by Corna and Dommergues (1995), Blau (1998), Meister and Friebe (2003), Edmunds et al. (2016).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Microderoceras Hyatt
1965Microderoceras Bremer
1995Microderoceras Corna and Dommergues
1998Microderoceras Blau p. 224
2002Microderoceras Sepkoski
2003Microderoceras Meister and Friebe
2013Microderoceras Howarth p. 38
2016Microderoceras Edmunds et al. p. 165

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyEoderoceratidaeSpath 1929
subfamilyEoderoceratinaeSpath 1929
genusMicroderocerasHyatt 1871

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. †Microderoceras Hyatt 1871
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Microderoceras birchi Sowerby 1820
Microderoceras brueckneri Gugenberger 1929
Microderoceras gigas Quenstedt 1883
Microderoceras inflatum Buckman 1918
Microderoceras nautilum Edmunds et al. 2016
Microderoceras septigerum Buckman 1918
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: base of the Turneri to the top of the Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Morocco M. sp. (200553 203713)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Austria M. gigas (196512)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) M. nautilum (179706)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Austria M. sp. 1 (189190 189217)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) M. birchi (204150) M. scoresbyi (204149)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Argentina (Mendoza) M. birchi (181956)
Turneri199.5 - 192.9France M. birchi (219984)
Turneri - Obtusum199.5 - 192.9France M. birchi, M. septigerum (219990)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria M. gigas (218910)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2Austria M. sp. (218903)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) M. sp. (53253)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile (Chañaral) M. sp. (223831)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Türkiye M. brueckneri (218658)