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Otoceras (Otoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Otoceratidae

Discussion

Originally ranked as a genus. I have been unable to find the first usage of Otoceras as a nominate subgenus within genus Otoceras. It may be the 1957 Treatise (Arkell, et al.) Spath (1930) was the first to create the subgenus O. (Metoceras) within the genus but did not explicitly diagnose the subgenus O. (Otoceras).

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Taxonomy
Otoceras (Otoceras) was named by Griesbach (1880). Its type is Otoceras woodwardi.

It was assigned to Otoceras by Griesbach (1880), Arkell et al. (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Otoceras (Otoceras) Griesbach
1957Otoceras (Otoceras) Arkell et al. p. L132

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderOtoceratinaShevyrev and Ermakova 1979
superfamilyOtoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyOtoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusOtoceras
subgenusOtocerasGriesbach 1880

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.

Subg. †Otoceras (Otoceras) Griesbach 1880
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Diagnosis
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Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004
Collections
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