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Mosquoceras huecoense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Mosquoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mosquoceras huecoense was named by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM712, Orogrande, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hueco Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Mosquoceras huecoense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 86

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

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.

†Mosquoceras huecoense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (New Mexico) Temnocheilus sp. (type locality: 101770)