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Muniericeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Muniericeratidae

Taxonomy
Muniericeras was named as a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Muniericeras lapparenti.

It was reranked as Schloenbachia (Muniericeras) by Basse (1931).

It was assigned to Schloenbachia by Basse (1931); to Muniericeratidae by Wright (1952), Kennedy (1995), Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
M. bilottei, M. lapparenti (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. blanfordianum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Schloenbachia (Muniericeras) Basse
1952Muniericeras Wright
1968Morrisites Van Hoepen p. 185
1986Praemuniericeras Kennedy p. 54
1995Muniericeras Kennedy p. 407
1996Muniericeras Wright et al. p. 107
2002Muniericeras Sepkoski
2002Praemuniericeras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyMuniericeratidae
genusMuniericeras

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.

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†Muniericeras bilottei Collignon 1983
†Muniericeras lapparenti de Grossouvre 1894
Invalid names: Morrisites Van Hoepen 1968 [synonym], Praemuniericeras [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height125.5
shell diameter164.0
shell inflation116.5

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Spain Praemuniericeras sp. (66969)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Praemuniericeras sp. (38158)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6France M. lapparenti (179250 179257)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon M. blanfordianum (92241)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6France M. bilottei (179118 179613 179614) M. lapparenti (179120 179609) Praemuniericeras bilottei (179202 179583 179612)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6France M. lapparenti (179610 179611)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Praemuniericeras sp. (165844)