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Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Orthocerida
Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras
Pseudorthoceras
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Orthocerida
Family:
Pseudorthoceratidae
Genus:
Pseudorthoceras
Species
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Species of
Pseudorthoceras
present in the Pennsylvanian of the American Midcontinent
Pseudorthoceras knoxense
Geological Range
Desmoinesian to Virgilian; Extinct.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Texas to Missouri.
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Virgilian
Lawrence Formation (Haskell Limestone Member) (KS)
Stranger Formation (Vinland Shale Member) (KS)
Stranger Formation (Weston Shale Member) (KS)
Missourian
Dennis Limestone (Winterset Limestone Member) (MO)
Drum Limestone (KS)
Wyandotte Limestone (Farley Limestone Member) (KS)
Desmoinesian
Boggy Formation (OK)
East Mountain Shale (TX)
Unknown Stage
Cherokee Shale (KS)
Pseudorthoceras knoxense
from the Cherokee Shale of Leavenworth County, Kansas (KUMIP 38592).