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Hercoglossa merriami

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Hercoglossa merriami was named by Dickerson (1914) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene; California.]. Its type specimen is UCMP 11842, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 243, south of Muir Station, which is in a Selandian coastal siliciclastic in the Vine Hill Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Hercoglossa merriami Dickerson p. 150 figs. pl. 17, figs. 5a, 5b
1925Hercoglossa merriami Nelson p. 402
1933Hercoglossa merriami Miller and Thompson p. 314
1937Hercoglossa merriami Vokes p. 7 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2
1947Hercoglossa merriami Miller p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyHercoglossidaeSpath 1927
genusHercoglossaConrad 1866
speciesmerriami

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.

†Hercoglossa merriami Dickerson 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available