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Mojsisovicsia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Mojsisoviczia was named by Steinmann (1881) [Distribution: Middle Albian.]. It is the type genus of Mojsisovicziinae.

It was corrected as Mojsisovicsia by Hyatt (1903), Kennedy and Klinger (2012).

It was assigned to Mojsisovicsiidae by Hyatt (1903); to Mojsisovicziinae by Wright et al. (1996); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mojsisovicsiinae by Kennedy and Klinger (2012).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2016-03-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Mojsisoviczia Steinmann p. 142
1903Mojsisovicsia Hyatt p. 24
1996Mojsisoviczia Wright et al. p. 137
2002Mojsisoviczia Sepkoski
2012Mojsisovicsia Kennedy and Klinger p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusMojsisovicsia()

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.

G. †Mojsisovicsia Steinmann 1881
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Invalid names: Mojsisovicsia duerfeldi Steinmann 1881 [synonym], Mojsisoviczia duerfeldi Steinmann 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height221.816.429.022.78.91
shell diameter245.834.860.347.518.0
shell inflation213.010.016.813.44.81

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: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Middle Albian or 113.20000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Colombia M. evansi (67382)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Trinidad and Tobago (Tobago) Mojsisoviczia sp. (49006)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3South Africa M. sp. (66006)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Venezuela M. evansi (87948)