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Partschiceras umzambiense

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Phylloceras umzambiense was named by van Hoepen (1920) [DISTRIBUTION: Santonian-Campanian; South Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 1 (Upper), Umzamba River mouth, which is in a Santonian marine siltstone in the Umzamba Formation of South Africa.

It was recombined as Partschiceras umzambiense by Kennedy and Klinger (1977), Klinger (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Phylloceras umzambiense van Hoepen p. 142 figs. pl. 24, figs. 1-3
1977Partschiceras umzambiense Kennedy and Klinger p. 370 figs. Pl 13, fig 2; text-fig 7
1985Partschiceras umzambiense Klinger p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusPartschicerasFucini 1920
speciesumzambiense(van Hoepen 1920)

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.

Partschiceras umzambiense van Hoepen 1920
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Diagnosis
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