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Mooreoceras australis

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mooreoceras australis was named by Waterhouse (1987). Its type specimen is UQ F69968 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UQ L2574, creek behind stockyard, Gyranda Homestead, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Barfield Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Mooreoceras australis Waterhouse p. 186 figs. Pl 13, figs 16,18,19; text-fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoideaZhuravleva 1994
orderPseudorthocerida
familyPseudorthoceratidaeFlower and Caster 1935
subfamilyPseudorthoceratinae
genusMooreoceras
speciesaustralis

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 australis Waterhouse 1987
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Diagnosis
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