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Mosquoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Mosquoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Mosquoceratidae Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 84
1967Mosquoceratidae Shimanskiy p. 95
2013Mosquioceratidae Laptikhovsky et al. p. Appendix

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyMosquoceratidae
familyMosquoceratidae

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.

Fm. †Mosquoceratidae Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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G. †Articheilus Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Articheilus luxuriosum Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
G. †Leonardocheilus Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Leonardocheilus inaequilaterale Miller and Youngquist 1949
G. †Mosquoceras Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Mosquoceras huecoense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Mosquoceras jakowlewi Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Mosquoceras planum Leonova and Shchedukhin 2020
Mosquoceras simense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Mosquoceras tschernyschewi Tzwetaev 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pendleian to the top of the Artinskian or 330.90000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Kazakhstan Articheilus sp. (8421)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Russian Federation Mosquoceras tschernyschewi (166304)
Podolskian311.45 - 309.0Russian Federation Mosquoceras tschernyschewi (49968)
Myachkovian309.0 - 307.0Russian Federation Mosquoceras tschernyschewi (166303) Nautilus tschernyschewi (166302)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Mosquoceras planum (217202)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Mosquoceras simense (116787)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Kazakhstan Mosquoceras jakowlewi, Articheilus luxuriosum (116788)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (New Mexico) Temnocheilus sp. (101770)