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Kingoceras kingi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae

Taxonomy
Kingoceras kingi was named by Miller (1944). Its type specimen is YPM 16281 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is King 10, Bed 2, La Difunta Section, Las Delicias, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the La Difunta Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Kingoceras kingi Miller p. 125 figs. Pl 42, figs 6-9; text-fix 29E
1975Kingoceras kingi Spinosa et al. p. 280 figs. Pl 5, figs 4,5; text-figs 2,15A,16
2000Kingoceras kingi Spinosa and Glenister p. 405 figs. 18.6A-K
2002Kingoceras kingi Leonova p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyParaceltitidaeSpath 1930
genusKingoceras
specieskingi

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.

†Kingoceras kingi Miller 1944
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Diagnosis
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