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Australiceras (Proaustraliceras) elegans

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Australiceras (Proaustraliceras) elegans was named by Stenshin et al. (2014). Its type specimen is UKM no. 67840 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is level A 11.2, Ulyanovsk, Yunost Park, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. gigas, A. hallei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Australiceras (Proaustraliceras) elegans Stenshin et al. p. 390

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
subfamilyAncyloceratinaeGill 1871
genusAustralicerasSowerby 1837
subgenusProaustralicerasKakabadze 1977
specieselegans

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