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Romaniceras (Obiraceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Obiraceras was named by Matsumoto (1975).

It was reranked as Romaniceras (Obiraceras) by Kennedy and Cobban (1988).

It was assigned to Euomphaloceratinae by Cooper (1978), Wright and Kennedy (1981) and Wright (1983); and to Romaniceras by Kennedy and Cobban (1988).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Romaniceras deveroide, Romaniceras inerme, Romaniceras yezoense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Obiraceras Matsumoto
1978Obiraceras Cooper p. 103
1981Obiraceras Wright and Kennedy
1983Obiraceras Wright
1988Romaniceras (Obiraceras) Kennedy and Cobban p. 33

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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
subfamilyEuomphaloceratinae
genusRomanicerasSpath 1923
subgenusObiraceras(Matsumoto 1975)

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.

Subg. †Romaniceras (Obiraceras) Matsumoto 1975
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Diagnosis
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