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Acanthoceras jukesbrownei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Protacanthoceras jukesbrownei was named by Spath (1926) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Europe, central Asia.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Acanthoceras (Alternacanthoceras).

It was recombined as Acanthoceras (Alternacanthoceras) jukesbrownei by Marcinowski (1979); it was recombined as Acanthoceras jukesbrownei by Kennedy (1994), Kennedy et al. (1996), Kennedy and Jolkicev (2004), Gale et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Protacanthoceras jukesbrownei Spath p. 82
1979Acanthoceras (Alternacanthoceras) jukesbrownei Marcinowski pp. 62 - 64 figs. PI. 1, Fig. 1a-c
1994Acanthoceras jukesbrownei Kennedy p. 225
1996Acanthoceras jukesbrownei Kennedy et al. p. 313 figs. Pl 40, fig 5
2004Acanthoceras jukesbrownei Kennedy and Jolkicev p. 373 figs. Pl 2, figs 9-12; pl 3, fig 12
2018Acanthoceras jukesbrownei Gale et al. p. 115 figs. 12, 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusAcanthoceras
speciesjukesbrownei(Spath 1926)

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.

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Diagnosis
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