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Kourazoceras elhassanii

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Kourazoceras elhassanii was named by Becker (2002). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.3539, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is upper II-D-E2, Rich Bou Kourazia, which is in a Famennian marine shale in Morocco. It is the type species of Kourazoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Kourazoceras elhassanii Becker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
subfamilyFalcitornoceratinae(Becker 1993)
genusKourazoceras
specieselhassanii

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.

†Kourazoceras elhassanii Becker 2002
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Diagnosis
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