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Gorbyoceras hammelli

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Proteoceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras hammelli was named by Foerste (1910). It is the type species of Hammelloceras.

It was recombined as Spyroceras hammelli by Foerste (1924); it was recombined as Hammelloceras hammelli by Shimizu and Obata (1935); it was recombined as Gorbyoceras hammelli by Flower (1946).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Orthoceras hammelli Foerste p. 74
1924Spyroceras hammelli Foerste p. 222
1935Hammelloceras hammelli Shimizu and Obata p. 6
1946Gorbyoceras hammelli Flower p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyProteoceratidae
genusGorbyocerasShimizu and Obata 1935
specieshammelli(Foerste 1910)

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.

Gorbyoceras hammelli Foerste 1910
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Diagnosis
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