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Ascoceras

Cephalopoda - Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ascoceras was named by Barrande (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg S Prid Sepkoski's reference number: 298,524].

It was assigned to Ascoceratinae by Teichert et al. (1964); to Ascoceratidae by Crick (1981); and to Ascocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Ascoceras Barrande p. 901
1964Ascoceras Teichert et al. p. 273
1981Ascoceras Crick p. 229
2002Ascoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderAscoceridaKuhn 1949
familyAscoceratidaeBarrande 1867
genusAscocerasBarrande 1847

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. †Ascoceras Barrande 1847
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Diagnosis
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