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Myloceras ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Labeceratidae : Myloceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Labeceratidae : Myloceras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Myloceras Zhuravleva, 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Trudy paleont. Inst. 134 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 113 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 105 - 100 Ma Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. W. Whitehouse. 1926. The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of Eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8(3):195-242 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Myloceras (Calliscaphites) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Myloceras (Ellipsoceras) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Myloceras (Flindersites) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Myloceras ammonoides ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Myloceras andinus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Myloceras auritulum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Myloceras baccatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Myloceras cornucopium ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Myloceras davidi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Myloceras expansum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Myloceras flindersi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Myloceras intermedium species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Myloceras joffrei ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Myloceras orbiculus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Myloceras serotinum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1926 | Myloceras Whitehouse |
| 1950 | Abadieceras Collignon p. 81 |
| 1975 | Myloceras Förster p. 181 |
| 1978 | Myloceras McNamara p. 232 |
| 1990 | Myloceras Henderson p. 118 |
| 2002 | Myloceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
