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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4624378	https://www.gbif.org/species/4624378
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13238	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13238

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Tainoceratidae : Mojsvaroceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Nautiloidea	Agassiz 1847
order	Nautilida	Agassiz 1847
superfamily	Trigonoceratoidea
family	Tainoceratidae	Hyatt 1883
genus	Mojsvaroceras	Hyatt 1884

Scientific Name

Mojsvaroceras Hyatt, 1884

Name Published In

Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mojsvaroceras	subgenus	belongs to Metacoceras	stated with evidence	Kummel, 1953
Mojsvaroceras	genus	belongs to Tainoceratidae	stated with evidence	Teichert et al., 1964
Mojsvaroceras	genus	belongs to Nautilida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Mojsvaroceras	genus	belongs to Tainoceratidae	stated with evidence	Pérez-Valera et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

232 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Nautilida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Nautilida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Nautilida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Metacoceras frenchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mojsvaroceras binodosum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Mojsvaroceras haasi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Mojsvaroceras kagae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Mojsvaroceras kummeli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Mojsvaroceras morloti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Mojsvaroceras nivicola ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Mojsvaroceras perarmatum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Mojsvaroceras turneri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Nautilus perarmatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Temnocheilus binodosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1883	Mojsvaroceras Hyatt
1953	Metacoceras (Mojsvaroceras) Kummel p. 21
1964	Mojsvaroceras Teichert et al. p. 414
2002	Mojscaroceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2016	Mojsvaroceras Pérez-Valera et al. p. 174

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Kummel B. (1953) American Triassic coiled nautiloids, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 250, 1-104

Teichert C., Kummel B., et al (1964) Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K 3, 1-519

Pérez-Valera J. A., Barroso-Barcenilla F., et al (2016) Nautiloids from the Muschelkalk facies of the Southiberian Triassic (Betic Cordillera, southern Spain), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15, 171-191

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 22 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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