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Bostrychoceras otsukai

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Heteroceras otsukai was named by Yabe (1904). Its type specimen is GT. I-243 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bostrychoceras otsukai by Matsumoto (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Heteroceras otsukai Yabe p. 14 figs. pl. 4 figs. 1, 2; pl. 6, fig. 7
1959Bostrychoceras otsukai Matsumoto p. 160 figs. Pl. 40, fig. 2a, b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusBostrychoceras
speciesotsukai(Yabe 1904)

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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