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Neogeoceras girtyi

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Medlicottia girtyi was named by Miller and Furnish (1940). Its type specimen is YPM 16700 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Neogeoceras.

It was recombined as Neogeoceras girtyi by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Medlicottia girtyi Miller and Furnish
1944Medlicottia girtyi Miller p. 87 figs. Pl 21, figs 1,2; text-fig 7C
2002Neogeoceras girtyi Leonova p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilyMedlicottiinae
genusNeogeocerasRuzhencev 1947
speciesgirtyi()

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.

†Neogeoceras girtyi Miller and Furnish 1940
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Diagnosis
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