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Marathonites moorei

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae

Taxonomy
Vidrioceras moorei was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B.E.G. 248-T-8 (B-5), Creek NW of Chico, which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in the Caddo Creek Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Marathonites moorei by Bogoslovskaya (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Vidrioceras moorei Plummer and Scott p. 132 figs. Pl 30, figs 8-12
1990Marathonites moorei Bogoslovskaya p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMarathonitoidea(Ruzhencev 1938)
familyMarathonitidaeRuzhencev 1938
genusMarathonites()
speciesmoorei()

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.

†Marathonites moorei Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available