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Beloitoceras amoenum

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Oncoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras amoenum was named by Miller (1879). Its type specimen is UC 106 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Richmond, Whitewater Fm., which is in a Richmondian marine reef rocks in the Whitewater Formation of Indiana.

It was recombined as Beloitoceras amoenum by Flower (1946).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Cyrtoceras amoenum Miller p. 105
1946Beloitoceras amoenum Flower p. 272

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyOncoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusBeloitocerasFoerste 1924
speciesamoenum(Miller 1879)

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.

†Beloitoceras amoenum Miller 1879
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Diagnosis
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