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Silesitoidinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Silesitoidinae was named by Breistroffer (1953). Its type is Silesitoides.

It was assigned to Silesitidae by Medina and Riccardi (2005); and to Desmoceratidae by Wright et al. (1996), Szives (2007), Robert et al. (2018).

Subtaxa
Parasilesites, Silesitoides (type genus)
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2006-09-03; modified by M. Clapham on 2022-06-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Silesitoidinae Breistroffer
1996Silesitoidinae Wright et al. p. 78
2005Silesitoidinae Medina and Riccardi p. 265
2007Silesitoidinae Szives p. 53
2018Silesitoidinae Robert et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilySilesitoidinaeBreistroffer 1953
subfamilySilesitoidinaeBreistroffer 1953

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.

Subfm. †Silesitoidinae Breistroffer 1953
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G. †Parasilesites Imlay 1959
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Parasilesites bullatus Imlay 1959
Parasilesites laperousianus Whiteaves 1876
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Silesitoides superstes Jacob 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available