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Orthaspidoceras schilleri

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites schilleri was named by Oppel (1863). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Orthaspidoceras schilleri by Spath (1931).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. linarum, O. nodosocostatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Ammonites schilleri Oppel p. 221 figs. Tab 61, Figs 1a, b
1931Orthaspidoceras schilleri Spath p. 619

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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
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyAspidoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusOrthaspidoceras
speciesschilleri()

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
No diagnoses are available