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Mosquoceras tschernyschewi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Mosquoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus tschernyschewi was named by Tzwetaev (1888). Its type specimen is TsGM 10/351 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Matkozersky canal, which is in a Myachkovian carbonate limestone in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Mosquoceras tschernyschewi by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954) and Shimanskiy (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Nautilus tschernyschewi Tzwetaev
1954Mosquoceras tschernyschewi Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 85
1967Mosquoceras tschernyschewi Shimanskiy p. 96 figs. Pl 9, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyMosquoceratidae
genusMosquoceras
speciestschernyschewi(Tzwetaev 1888)

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.

Mosquoceras tschernyschewi Tzwetaev 1888
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Podolskian to the top of the Myachkovian or 311.45000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Russian Federation Mosquoceras tschernyschewi (166304)
Podolskian311.45 - 309.0Russian Federation Mosquoceras tschernyschewi (49968)
Myachkovian309.0 - 307.0Russian Federation Mosquoceras tschernyschewi (166303) Nautilus tschernyschewi (166302)