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Calycoceras (Newboldiceras) hippocastanum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites hippocastanum was named by Sowerby (1826) [= 1966 Lotzeites crassum THOMEL ; PORTHAULT et al., p. 428, pl. 8, figures 3 - 5. = 1972 Lotzeites crassum THOMEL, p. 78, pl. 26, figures 10 - 12.]. Its type specimen is GSM 37667 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Acanthoceras hippocastanum by Juignet and Kennedy (1976); it was recombined as Calycoceras (Newboldiceras) hippocastanum by Kennedy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Ammonites hippocastanum Sowerby p. 23 figs. pl. 514 f. 2
1965Calycoceras (Lotzeites) crassum Thomel p. 428 figs. Pl. VIII fig. 3-5
1972Calycoceras (Lotzeites) crassum Thomel
1976Acanthoceras hippocastanum Juignet and Kennedy pp. 120 - 121
1994Calycoceras crassum Kennedy
2020Calycoceras (Newboldiceras) hippocastanum Kennedy pp. 216 - 217 figs. Pl. 26, Figs 1–3, 7–9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusCalycoceras
subgenusNewboldiceras
specieshippocastanum(Sowerby 1826)

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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Invalid names: Lotzeites crassum Thomel 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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