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Liroceras liratum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Coloceras liratum was named by Girty (1912). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Liroceras liratum by Teichert (1940), Sturgeon (1946), Unklesbay and Palmer (1958) and Hoare (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. lunense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Coloceras liratum Girty pp. 144-145
1915Coloceras liratum Girty pp. 237-238 figs. pl. 28 f. 2-6a
1924Coloceras liratum Morgan p. 232 figs. pl. 51 f. 4
1933Coloceras liratum Miller et al. pp. 132-134 figs. pl. 6 f. 1-8
1940Liroceras liratum Teichert p. 590
1946Liroceras liratum Sturgeon pp. 19-21 figs. pl. 4 f. 6-9
1958Liroceras liratum Unklesbay and Palmer p. 1073 figs. pl. 138 f. 1-3
1961Liroceras liratum Hoare pp. 133-134 figs. pl. 16 f. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusLiroceras
speciesliratum()

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.

†Liroceras liratum Girty 1912
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Diagnosis
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