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Megalytoceras amplum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites amplus was named by Oppel (1862).

It was recombined as Megalytoceras amplum by Buckman (1905).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Ammonites amplus Oppel p. 145 figs. Tab 45, Fig 1a,b Fig 2
1905Megalytoceras amplum Buckman p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyMegalytoceratinaeSpath 1927
genusMegalytocerasBuckman 1905
speciesamplum()

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.

†Megalytoceras amplum Oppel 1862
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004
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