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Treptoceras
Taxonomy
Treptoceras was named by Flower (1942) [An orthocerid, a homonym for the ammonoid genus]. It is not extant. Its type is Treptoceras duseri.
It was synonymized subjectively with Orthonybyoceras by Teichert et al. (1964).
It was assigned to Orthocerida by Flower (1942); and to Proteoceratidae by Frey (1995).
It was synonymized subjectively with Orthonybyoceras by Teichert et al. (1964).
It was assigned to Orthocerida by Flower (1942); and to Proteoceratidae by Frey (1995).
Species
T. cincinnatiensis, T. duseri (type species), T. fosteri, T. transversum (syn. Orthoceras hindei), T. yokoyamai
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1942 | Treptoceras Flower |
| 1995 | Treptoceras Frey p. P36 |
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G. †Treptoceras Flower 1942
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†Treptoceras cincinnatiensis Miller 1875
†Treptoceras duseri Hall and Whitfield 1875
†Treptoceras fosteri Miller 1875
†Treptoceras yokoyamai Kobayashi 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available