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Nostoceras alternatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Turrilites alternatus was named by Tuomey (1854). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nostoceras alternatus by Kennedy et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Turrilites alternatus Tuomey p. 168
2000Nostoceras alternatus Kennedy et al. p. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusNostoceras
speciesalternatus(Tuomey 1854)

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.

Nostoceras alternatus Tuomey 1854
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Diagnosis
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