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Blastocerina

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Brevicoceratidae

Taxonomy
Blastocerina was named by Flower (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame Sepkoski's reference number: 299].

It was assigned to Brevicoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964); and to Discosorida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Blastocerina Flower p. 447
1964Blastocerina Teichert et al. p. 300
2002Blastocerina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyBrevicoceratidaeFlower 1945
genusBlastocerinaFlower 1940

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. †Blastocerina Flower 1940
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Diagnosis
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