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Lytoceras aulaeum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Lytoceras aulaeum was named by Anderson (1938) [DISTRIBUTION: Hauterivian; Pacific Coast, North America.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 113, Mitchell Creek, which is in a Hauterivian marine siliciclastic in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Lytoceras aulaeum Anderson pp. 146 - 147 figs. pl. 14, figs. 1-4
1960Lytoceras aulaeum Imlay p. 195

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyLytoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusLytocerasSuess 1865
speciesaulaeum

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.

†Lytoceras aulaeum Anderson 1938
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Diagnosis
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