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Hectoroceras kochi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Hectoroceras kochi was named by Spath (1947) [DISTRIBUTION: Berriasian; Greenland.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Hectoroceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Hectoroceras kochi Spath pp. 21-22 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyCraspeditinae(Spath 1934)
genusHectoroceras
specieskochi

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.

†Hectoroceras kochi Spath 1947
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Diagnosis
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