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Glochiceras subclausum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites subclausus was named by Oppel (1863). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Plateau de Champagnole, which is in an Oxfordian marine limestone in France.

It was recombined as Glochiceras (Glochiceras) subclausum by Schlegelmilch (1994), Howarth (1998); it was recombined as Glochiceras subclausum by Jantschke et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Ammonites subclausus Oppel
1994Glochiceras (Glochiceras) subclausum Schlegelmilch p. 51 figs. Pl 15, fig 13
1998Glochiceras (Glochiceras) subclausum Howarth p. 43
2025Glochiceras subclausum Jantschke et al. p. 21 figs. Pl 1, fig 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
genusGlochiceras
speciessubclausum()

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.

Glochiceras subclausum Oppel 1863
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Diagnosis
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