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Welleroceras

Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Poterioceratidae

Taxonomy
Welleroceras was named by Miller and Furnish (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise Sepkoski's reference number: 524].

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Welleroceras Miller and Furnish p. 174
1964Welleroceras Teichert et al. p. 315
2002Welleroceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderOncocerida()
familyPoterioceratidaeFoord 1888
genusWellerocerasMiller and Furnish 1938

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. †Welleroceras Miller and Furnish 1938
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Diagnosis
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