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Ptychoceras fauncei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ptychoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoceras fauncei 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. puzosi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Ptychoceras fauncei Haas p. 185 figs. Pl 45, fig 2; text-figs 27a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyPtychoceratidaeMeek 1876
genusPtychocerasd'Orbigny 1842
speciesfauncei

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.

†Ptychoceras fauncei Haas 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available