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Armenoceras raptor

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Armenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras raptor was named by Billings (1866). Its type specimen is GSC2382 (Lectotype) and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Armenoceras raptor by Holland and Copper (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. numatai, A. ommanneyi, A. pauloinclinatum, A. richardsoni, A. tani, A. xizangense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Orthoceras raptor Billings p. 57
2008Armenoceras raptor Holland and Copper pp. 1022 - 1023 fig. 3F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyArmenoceratidaeTroedsson 1926
genusArmenocerasFoerste 1924
speciesraptor()

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.

†Armenoceras raptor Billings 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available