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Elobiceras hexagonum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Elobiceras hexagonum was named by Haas (1942). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hanha, near Lobito (Vernay collection), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Elobiceras hexagonum Haas p. 118 figs. Pl 30, figs 5-8; pl 31, fig 1; text-figs 12d,13c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyMortoniceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusElobiceras
specieshexagonum

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.

†Elobiceras hexagonum Haas 1942
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Diagnosis
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