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Engonoceras elegans

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Engonoceras elegans was named by Kennedy et al. (1998) [DISTRIBUTION: Lower Albian; Texas (USA).]. Its type specimen is USNM 486462, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Engonoceras elegans Kennedy et al. p. 5 figs. figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyEngonoceratidae
genusEngonoceras
specieselegans

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.

†Engonoceras elegans Kennedy et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available