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Moremanoceras costatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Moremanoceras costatum was named by Cobban et al. (1989). Its type specimen is USNM 425133, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Moremanoceras costatum Cobban et al. p. 19 figs. 19, 64a-k, 65a-d,g,h
1990Moremanoceras costatum Kennedy and Cobban p. 388 figs. Pl 1, figs 46-48,52-54; pl 2, figs 1-35; pl 4, figs 76,77

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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
speciescostatumCobban et al. 1989

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 costatum Cobban et al. 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height615.47.2033.616.29.34
shell diameter629.218.257.829.014.7
shell inflation62.100.7006.202.251.96

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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Moremanoceras costatum (167809 175371)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Montana) Moremanoceras costatum (175372 175423)