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Thurmanniceras californicum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Desmoceras californicum was named by Stanton (1895) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Cretaceous; Pacific Coast, North America.]. Its type specimen is USNM 23087, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Thurmanniceras californicum by Imlay (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Desmoceras californicum Stanton
1960Thurmanniceras californicum Imlay p. 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyNeocomitinaeSalfeld 1921
genusThurmannicerasCossmann 1901
speciescalifornicum()

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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