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Whitfieldoceras

Cephalopoda - Clinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Whitfieldoceras was named by Foerste (1932) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-u O Ashg-l Sepkoski's reference number: 298,524].

It was assigned to Clinoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964) and Crick (1981); and to Orthocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Whitfieldoceras Foerste p. 49
1964Whitfieldoceras Teichert et al. p. 240
1981Whitfieldoceras Crick p. 228
2002Whitfieldoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
familyClinoceratidaeFlower 1946
genusWhitfieldocerasFoerste 1932

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. †Whitfieldoceras Foerste 1932
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Whitfieldoceras gracile Flower 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available