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Liroceras leptum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Liroceras leptum was named by Korn and Hairapetian (2025). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.32138, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baghuk Mountain, Vedioceras beds float, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate lime mudstone in the Hambast Formation of Iran.

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2025-09-27; modified by M. Clapham on 2025-09-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Liroceras leptum Korn and Hairapetian p. 55 fig. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderLiroceratinaFlower 1955
superfamilyLiroceratoidea()
familyLiroceratidae
genusLiroceras
speciesleptum

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.

†Liroceras leptum Korn and Hairapetian 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available