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Mooreoceras giganteum
Taxonomy
Mooreoceras gigantea was named by Clifton (1942). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quanah, Hardeman County, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Blaine Formation of Texas.
It was corrected as Mooreoceras giganteum by Miller and Youngquist (1949) and Shimanskiy (1954).
It was corrected as Mooreoceras giganteum by Miller and Youngquist (1949) and Shimanskiy (1954).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Mooreoceras gigantea Clifton p. 695 figs. Pl 103, figs 4-6 |
| 1949 | Mooreoceras giganteum Miller and Youngquist p. 23 figs. Pl 3, fig 9; pl 4, figs 7-9; pl 5, fig 1 |
| 1954 | Mooreoceras giganteum Shimanskiy p. 121 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-4 |
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†Mooreoceras giganteum Clifton 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available