Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Synonym: Mooreoceras Miller et al. 1933
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1912. On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21(2):119-156
Parent taxon: Pseudorthoceratinae according to C. Teichert et al. 1964
See also Hoare 1961, Kröger and Mapes 2005, Sabattini et al. 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Eifeloceras, Pseudocyrtoceras, Simorthoceras
Subtaxa: Mooreoceras australis Mooreoceras giganteum Mooreoceras regulare Mooreoceras sibumasuense Mooreoceras tuba Mooreoceras wedingtonianum Mooreoceras zalazarensis Pseudorthoceras knoxense Pseudorthoceras neumannae Pseudorthoceras pillae Pseudorthoceras simense Pseudorthoceras stonense
Type: Orthoceras knoxensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (2), Azerbaijan (2), China (1), Colombia (3), East Timor (1), Italy (2), Malaysia (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (32: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (2)
• Carboniferous of Australia (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (20), United States (197: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of Germany (1)
Total: 272 collections including 296 occurrences
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