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Metaplacenticeras pacificum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Taxonomy
Placenticeras pacificum was named by Smith (1900).

It was recombined as Metaplacenticeras pacificum by Anderson (1958).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Placenticeras pacificum Smith pp. 207-210 figs. Pl. 25 - 28
1902Placenticeras pacificum Anderson p. 79 figs. Plate VIII, Figs. 162-164 and 171-172; Plate IX, Fig. 180.
1917Placenticeras pacificum Waring p. 70 figs. Pl.9, Figs.18 and 19
1958Metaplacenticeras pacificum Anderson p. 254 figs. Plate 37, figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 4a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyPlacenticeratidae
genusMetaplacenticerasSpath 1926
speciespacificum(Smith 1900)

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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Diagnosis
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