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Amaltheus (Pseudoamaltheus) engelhardti

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Liparoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites engelhardti was named by d'Orbigny (1844). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R01631 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Amaltheus (Pseudoamaltheus) engelhardti by Howarth (1955), Howarth (1956), Meister (1986), Enay et al. (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ammonites engelhardti d'Orbigny p. 245 figs. Pl 66, figs 1-3
1955Amaltheus (Pseudoamaltheus) engelhardti Howarth
1956Amaltheus (Pseudoamaltheus) engelhardti Howarth
1986Amaltheus (Pseudoamaltheus) engelhardti Meister p. 97 figs. Pl 23, fig 1
1994Amaltheus (Pseudoamaltheus) engelhardti Enay et al. p. 63

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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
subgenusPseudoamaltheusFrebold 1922
speciesengelhardti()

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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