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Huaiheceras

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Huaiheceratidae

Discussion

Zou & Chen in Chen et al. 1979

Taxonomy
Huaiheceras was named by Zou and Chen (1979) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 297]. Its type is Huaiheceras hanjiaense. It is the type genus of Huaiheceratidae.

It was assigned to Huaihecaratidae by Chen et al. (1979) and Crick (1981); to Huaiheceratidae by Teichert (1988); and to Ellesmerocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
H. hanjiaense (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Huaiheceras Chen et al. p. 117
1979Huaiheceras Zou and Chen p. 117
1981Huaiheceras Crick p. 228
1988Huaiheceras Teichert p. 28
2002Huaiheceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyHuaiheceratidaeZou and Chen 1979
genusHuaihecerasZou and Chen 1979

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. †Huaiheceras Zou and Chen 1979
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Huaiheceras hanjiaense Zou and Chen 1979
Diagnosis
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