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Anguloceras rotundum

Cephalopoda - Bassleroceratidae

Taxonomy
Anguloceras rotundum was named by Unklesbay and Young (1956). Its type specimen is Univ. Mo. 12729, a shell (silicified internal mold of a phragmocone), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Unklesbay and Young Locality 1, which is in a Gasconadian offshore limestone in Virginia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Anguloceras rotundum Unklesbay and Young p. 488

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
familyBassleroceratidae
genusAnguloceras
speciesrotundum

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.

†Anguloceras rotundum Unklesbay and Young 1956
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Diagnosis
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