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Cryptometoicoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy

Species
C. mite (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Cryptometoicoceras Kennedy and Cobban p. 409
1996Cryptometoicoceras Wright
1996Cryptometoicoceras Wright et al. p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusCryptometoicoceras

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.

G. †Cryptometoicoceras Kennedy and Cobban 1990
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Cryptometoicoceras mite Kennedy and Cobban 1990
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Wright et al. 1996Sides flat, almost smooth; conical outer ventrolateral tubercles appearing transiently at beginning of body chamber, followed by plain ribs crossing venter.