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Maideroceras muelleri

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Sporadoceratidae

Taxonomy
Maideroceras muelleri was named by Becker (2002). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.3437, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Between Löhma and Ottersdorf, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Maideroceras muelleri Becker p. 69 figs. Pl 3, figs 8,9; text-fig 3J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPraeglyphioceratoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familySporadoceratidaeMiller and Furnish 1957
genusMaideroceras
speciesmuelleri

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.

Maideroceras muelleri Becker 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height19.40
shell diameter114.2
shell inflation10.001

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: Middle Famennian or 368.50000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Germany Maideroceras muelleri (type locality: 172608)