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Wellsites williamsi

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Triainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Beloceras williamsi was named by Wells (1956). Its type locality is Cayuta - Bald Mountain, which is in a Frasnian marine shale in the Chemung Formation of New York.

It was recombined as Beloceras (Idiobeloceras) williamsi by Yatskov (1990); it was recombined as Wellsites williamsi by Korn and Klug (2002) and House and Kirchgasser (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Beloceras williamsi Wells
1990Beloceras (Idiobeloceras) williamsi Yatskov p. 49
2002Wellsites williamsi Korn and Klug p. 148
2008Wellsites williamsi House and Kirchgasser p. 96 fig. 27B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderPharciceratina(Korn 1998)
superfamilyPharciceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTriainoceratidae
genusWellsitesHouse and Kirchgasser 1993
specieswilliamsi()

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.

†Wellsites williamsi Wells 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available