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Cotteroceras

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae

Taxonomy
Cotteroceras was named by Ulrich and Foerste (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Aren-u Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. Its type is Cotteroceras compressum.

It was assigned to Proterocameratidae by Crick (1981); and to Proterocameroceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964), Kröger and Landing (2008) and Evans (2011).

Species
C. compressum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Cotteroceras Ulrich and Foerste
1964Cotteroceras Teichert et al. p. 166
1981Cotteroceras Crick p. 226
2008Cotteroceras Kröger and Landing
2011Cotteroceras Evans

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyProterocameroceratidaeKobayashi 1937
genusCotterocerasUlrich and Foerste 1936

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. †Cotteroceras Ulrich and Foerste 1936
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Cotteroceras compressum Ulrich and Foerste 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available