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Michelinoceras

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Michelinoceras Foerste
1964Michelinoceras Teichert et al. p. 225
1977Michelinoceras Hook and Flower
1981Michelinoceras Chen et al. p. 18
1981Michelinoceras Crick p. 228
2001Michelinoceras Percival et al.
2005Michelinoceras Evans p. 57
2008Michelinoceras Kröger
2016Michelinoceras Tongtherm et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyOrthoceratidaeM'Coy 1844
genusMichelinocerasFoerste 1932

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. †Michelinoceras Foerste 1932
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Michelinoceras alticameratum Kobayashi et al. 1984
Michelinoceras avelinii Salter 1854
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Invalid names: Orthoceras caereesiense Hicks 1875 [synonym]
Michelinoceras currens Barrande 1866
Michelinoceras floridaense Hook and Flower 1977
Michelinoceras melleni Hook and Flower 1977
Michelinoceras michelini Barrande 1866
Michelinoceras mizobuchii Kobayashi et al. 1984
Michelinoceras palatum Shimanskiy 1996
Michelinoceras primum Flower 1962
Michelinoceras richardsi Flower 1962
Michelinoceras vandiverense Ulrich et al. 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Fennian to the top of the Tuvalian or 470.70000 to 221.50000 Ma

Collections (263 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (Hunan) M. sp. (7692)
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (Guizhou) M. sp. (7353)
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (Hunan and Hubei) M. sp. (7717)
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (Hubei) M. sp. (7727)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia (Ayopaya) M. sp. (8842)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Guizhou) M. sp. (7360)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (HeBei) M. sp. (7979)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (XinJiang) M. sp. (20806)
Arenig - Llanvirn478.6 - 458.4China (JiLin) M. sp. (21141)
Whitlandian - Fennian473.8 - 468.0United Kingdom (Wales) M. avelinii (89459)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) M. sp. (121646)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Thailand M. sp. (211353)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Trentino) M. sp. (213258)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0China (Guizhou) M. sp. (85164)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (nevada) M. sp. (32773 32793 32795)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Nevada) M. sp. (32520 32521 32533 32543 32666 32725)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy M. triadicum, M. styriacum (69248)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (Nevada) M. sp. (32731)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) M. sp. (32549 32551)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (nevada) M. sp. (32822)