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Karoceras

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Karoceratidae

Taxonomy
Karoceras was named by Roussanoff (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl D Gedi].

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Karoceras Roussanoff p. 169
1964Karoceras Teichert et al. p. 314
2002Karoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyKaroceratidaeTeichert 1939
genusKarocerasRoussanoff 1909

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. †Karoceras Roussanoff 1909
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Diagnosis
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