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Muensteroceras complanatum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites complanatus was named by de Koninck (1880).

It was recombined as Muensteroceras complanatum by Matthews (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Goniatites complanatus de Koninck p. 106 figs. Pl 46, fig 4
1970Muensteroceras complanatum Matthews p. 122 figs. Pl 26, figs 10,11; text-fig 5c

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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
speciescomplanatum(de Koninck 1880)

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.

Muensteroceras complanatum de Koninck 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height16.30
shell diameter112.0
shell inflation11.00

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Ivorian or 353.70000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Muensteroceras complanatum (5516)
Ivorian - Chadian353.7 - 339.9Ireland Muensteroceras complanatum (76501)