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Mooreoceras tuba

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Orthoceratoidea

Taxonomy
Orthoceras tuba was named by Girty (1911).

It was recombined as Mooreoceras tuba by Miller et al. (1933); it was recombined as Orthoceras (Mooreoceras) tuba by Lee et al. (1938).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Orthoceras tuba Girty
1915Orthoceras tuba Girty pp. 224 - 225 figs. pl. 26 f. 1-4
1933Mooreoceras tuba Miller et al. p. 90 figs. Pl 2, figs 2-4
1938Orthoceras (Mooreoceras) tuba Lee et al. p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
Life
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
familyOrthoceratoidea()
orderPseudorthocerida
familyPseudorthoceratidaeFlower and Caster 1935
subfamilyPseudorthoceratinae
genusMooreocerasMuir-Wood 1936
speciestuba(Girty 1911)

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.

Mooreoceras tuba Girty 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:51:48
Modified: 2023-08-18 17:28:37
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Virgilian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Orthoceras tuba (1056)