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Cyrtoceras

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cephalopoda by Münster (1841); and to Oncoceratida by Teichert (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Cyrtocera Münster p. 125
1964Cyrtoceras Teichert

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
genusCyrtoceras

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.

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Subg. †Cyrtoceras (Meloceras) Foord 1888
Cyrtoceras indomitum Barrande 1867
Cyrtoceras minneapolis Clarke 1897
Cyrtoceras murchisoni Barrande 1867
Cyrtoceras nevadense Walcott 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available