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Muensteroceras parallelum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites parallela was named by Hall (1860) [Goniatites oweni var. parallela].

It was recombined as Muensteroceras parallelum by Smith (1903).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. modestum, M. rotella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Goniatites parallela Hall p. 100 fig. 13,14
1903Muensteroceras parallelum Smith p. 121 figs. Pl 16, fig 3; pl 19, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMuensteroceratidaeLibrovitch 1957
genusMuensteroceras
speciesparallelum(Hall 1860)

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.

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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 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kinderhookian or 358.86000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Muensteroceras parallelum (5596)