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Prohysteroceras richardsi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Prohysteroceras richardsi was named by Whitehouse (1926) [DISTRIBUTION: Albian; Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Toliness Homestead [Allaru Fm], which is in an Albian marine siliciclastic in the Allaru Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. irregulare

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Prohysteroceras richardsi Whitehouse p. 222 figs. pl. 36, fig. 2

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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)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyMortoniceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusProhysterocerasSpath 1921
speciesrichardsi

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.

†Prohysteroceras richardsi Whitehouse 1926
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Diagnosis
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