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Moremanoceras montanaense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Moremanoceras montanaense was named by Kennedy and Cobban (1990). Its type specimen is USNM 423691, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 22871, Alzada, which is in a Cenomanian marine shale in the Belle Fourche Shale Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Moremanoceras montanaense Kennedy and Cobban p. 390 figs. Pl 3, figs 62-64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyDesmoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusMoremanoceras
speciesmontanaense

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 montanaense Kennedy and Cobban 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height136.0
shell diameter160.5
shell inflation13.70

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 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Mexico) Moremanoceras montanaense (175426)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Montana) Moremanoceras montanaense (type locality: 175422)