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Aplococeras parvus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Aplococeratidae

Taxonomy
Lecanites parvus was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

It was recombined as Aplococeras parvus by Silberling and Nichols (1982), Tongtherm et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Lecanites parvus Smith p. 66 figs. Pl 30, figs 25-27; pl 88, figs 26-28
1982Aplococeras parvus Silberling and Nichols p. 53 figs. Pl 22, figs 18-23; text-fig 38
2016Aplococeras parvus Tongtherm et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDanubitoidea()
familyAplococeratidae
genusAplococeras
speciesparvus()

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.

Aplococeras parvus Smith 1914
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Diagnosis
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