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Orthaspidoceras orthocera

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites orthocera was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant. It is the type species of Orthaspidoceras.

It was recombined as Orthaspidoceras orthocera by Enay et al. (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites orthocera d'Orbigny p. 556 figs. Pl. 218, fig. 1, 2
1994Orthaspidoceras orthocera Enay et al. p. 185

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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
speciesorthocera()

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.

Orthaspidoceras orthocera d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
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