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Anisoceras plicatilis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hamites plicatilis was named by Sowerby (1819) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Cosmopolitan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Anisoceras plicatile by Cobban (1972) and Kennedy et al. (1988); it was recombined as Anisoceras plicatilis by Kennedy (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Hamites plicatilis Sowerby p. 281 figs. pl. 234, fig. 1
1972Anisoceras plicatile Cobban p. 4 figs. Pl 1, figs 4-7; text-fig 2
1988Anisoceras plicatile Kennedy et al. p. 42 fig. 1aa,bb
1994Anisoceras plicatilis Kennedy p. 231

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAnisoceratidae
genusAnisocerasPictet 1854
speciesplicatilis(Sowerby 1819)

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.

Anisoceras plicatilis Sowerby 1819
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Diagnosis
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