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Amaltheus margaritatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Liparoceratidae

Taxonomy
Amaltheus margaritatus was named by de Montford (1808). Its type specimen is BMNH 37039 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ammonites margaritatus by d'Orbigny (1844), d'Orbigny (1850), Owen (1856).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. clevelandicus, A. complanatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Amaltheus margaritatus de Montford
1813Ammonites amaltheus Schlotheim p. 101
1813Ammonites acutus Sowerby p. 51 figs. Pl 17, fig 1
1844Ammonites margaritatus d'Orbigny p. 246
1845Ammonites sedgwickii Buckman
1850Ammonites aonis d'Orbigny pp. 64, No. 40
1850Ammonites margaritatus d'Orbigny pp. 224, No. 13
1852Ammonites foliaceus Giebel p. 540
1856Ammonites margaritatus Owen p. 75
1955Amaltheus margaritatus Howarth
1956Amaltheus margaritatus Howarth
1986Amaltheus margaritatus Meister p. 95 figs. Pl 20, fig 9; pl 22, fig 1; pl 23, fig 6
1991Amaltheus margaritatus Blau and Meister p. 180 figs. Pl 5, fig 10
1996Amaltheus margaritatus Smith and Tipper p. 51
1998Amaltheus margaritatus Géczy and Meister p. 103
2002Amaltheus margaritatus Rakús and Guex p. 130 figs. Pl 27, fig 8
2003Amaltheus margaritatus Meister and Friebe
2003Amaltheus margaritatus Wittler and Roth p. 24 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
2013Amaltheus margaritatus Bardin et al. p. 319 figs. 4A,B, 5A,B, 6F,G
2021Amaltheus margaritatus Nakada et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyLiparoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyAmaltheinae(Hyatt 1867)
genusAmaltheusde Montfort 1808
speciesmargaritatusde Montford 1808

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.

†Amaltheus margaritatus de Montford 1808
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Invalid names: Ammonites acutus Sowerby 1813 [synonym], Ammonites amaltheus Schlotheim 1813 [synonym], Ammonites foliaceus Giebel 1852 [synonym], Ammonites sedgwickii Buckman 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available