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Stephanoceras elephantinum

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites elephantinus was named by Sowerby (1840).

It was recombined as Stephanoceras elephantinum by Waagen (1875).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ammonites elephantinus Sowerby pp. Pl 23 fig. 6
1875Stephanoceras elephantinum Waagen p. 124 figs. Pl. XXXII, Fig. 4a, b, c.

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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
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyStephanoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusStephanocerasWaagen 1869
specieselephantinum(Sowerby 1840)

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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