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Maccoyoceras maccoyi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Epidomatoceras maccoyi was named by Turner (1953). Its type specimen is BGS 6570, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Maccoyoceras maccoyi by Ramsbottom and Moore (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Epidomatoceras maccoyi Turner p. 311 figs. Pl 23, figs 1-6; pl 24, fig 3
1961Maccoyoceras maccoyi Ramsbottom and Moore p. 633

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTrigonoceratidae
genusMaccoyocerasMiller et al. 1933
speciesmaccoyi(Turner 1953)

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.

†Maccoyoceras maccoyi Turner 1953
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Ireland Maccoyoceras maccoyi (224293 224461 224467)