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Monophyllites sphaerophyllus

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites sphaerophyllus was named by Hauer (1851). It is the type species of Monophyllites.

It was recombined as Phylloceras sphaerophyllum by Mojsisovics (1869); it was recombined as Lytoceras sphaerophyllum by von Mojsisovics (1873); it was synonymized subjectively with Monophyllites wengensis by Shevyrev (1995); it was recombined as Monophyllites sphaerophyllus by von Mojsisovics (1882), Diener (1907), Ogilvie Gordon (1927), Spath (1934), Kummel (1960), Bando (1964), Bychkov et al. (1976), Silberling and Nichols (1982), Fantini Sestini (1994), Fantini Sestini (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Ammonites sphaerophyllus Hauer p. 113 figs. Pl 18, fig 11
1869Phylloceras sphaerophyllum Mojsisovics
1873Lytoceras sphaerophyllum von Mojsisovics
1882Monophyllites sphaerophyllus von Mojsisovics
1907Monophyllites sphaerophyllus Diener
1927Monophyllites sphaerophyllus Ogilvie Gordon
1934Monophyllites sphaerophyllus Spath
1960Monophyllites sphaerophyllus Kummel
1964Monophyllites sphaerophyllus Bando p. 117 figs. Pl 8, fig 1
1976Monophyllites sphaerophyllus Bychkov et al.
1982Monophyllites sphaerophyllus Silberling and Nichols p. 60
1994Monophyllites sphaerophyllus Fantini Sestini
1996Monophyllites sphaerophyllus Fantini Sestini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyUssuritidaeHyatt 1900
genusMonophyllitesMojsisovics 1879
speciessphaerophyllus(Hauer 1851)

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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