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Myloceras ammonoides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Labeceratidae

Taxonomy
Crioceras ammonoides was named by Etheridge (1909). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Port Douglas [Tambo Series], which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Australia. It is the type species of Myloceras.

It was recombined as Myloceras ammonoides by Whitehouse (1926), McNamara (1978), Henderson (1990) and Klein et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Crioceras ammonoides Etheridge
1909Crioceras ammonoides Etheridge
1926Myloceras ammonoides Whitehouse p. 234
1978Myloceras ammonoides McNamara p. 232
1990Myloceras ammonoides Henderson p. 119
2007Myloceras ammonoides Klein et al. p. 250

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyLabeceratidae
genusMylocerasSpath 1925
speciesammonoides(Etheridge 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.

†Myloceras ammonoides Etheridge 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available