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Hemiptychoceras gaultinum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hamitidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoceras gaultinum was named by Pictet (1847). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Hemiptychoceras.

It was recombined as Hemiptychoceras gaultinum by Kennedy (1994) and Szives (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Ptychoceras gaultinum Pictet p. 107
1922Ptychoceras gaultinum Spath p. 150
1994Hemiptychoceras gaultinum Kennedy p. 231
2007Hemiptychoceras gaultinum Szives p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyHamitidaeGill 1871
genusHemiptychocerasSpath 1925
speciesgaultinum(Pictet 1847)

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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Diagnosis
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