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Physodoceras altenense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites altenensis was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R04156.

It was recombined as Physodoceras altenense by Enay et al. (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites altenensis d'Orbigny p. 537 figs. Pl. 204, fig. 1, 3
1994Physodoceras altenense Enay et al. p. 175

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
genusPhysodoceras
speciesaltenense()

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.

Physodoceras altenense d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
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