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Rudolfoceras

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Rudolfoceratidae

Taxonomy
Rudolfoceras was named by Ulrich et al. (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. It is the type genus of Rudolfoceratidae.

It was assigned to Protocycloceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964), Hook and Flower (1977) and Crick (1981); and to Rudolfoceratidae by Ulrich et al. (1944) and Kröger and Landing (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Rudolfoceras Ulrich et al.
1964Rudolfoceras Teichert et al. p. 154
1977Rudolfoceras Hook and Flower
1981Rudolfoceras Crick p. 227
2009Rudolfoceras Kröger and Landing

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyRudolfoceratidae
genusRudolfoceras

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. †Rudolfoceras Ulrich et al. 1944
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Rudolfoceras autolycus Billings 1862
Rudolfoceras cornuoryx Whitfield 1886
Rudolfoceras cornuoryx Whitfield 1886
Rudolfoceras keadyi Hook and Flower 1977
Rudolfoceras kindlei Ulrich et al. 1944
Rudolfoceras russelli Hook and Flower 1977
Rudolfoceras subarcuatum Ulrich et al. 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available