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Boliteceras daintree

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites daintree was named by Etheridge (1872) [DISTRIBUTION: Albian; Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Hughenden Station, Flinders River [Tambo Series], which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Australia. It is the type species of Boliteceras.

It was recombined as Beudanticeras daintree by Whitehouse (1926); it was recombined as Boliteceras daintree by Whitehouse (1928).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Ammonites daintree Etheridge p. 346 figs. pl. 24
1926Beudanticeras daintree Whitehouse p. 221
1928Boliteceras daintree Whitehouse p. 203

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyUhligellinae
genusBoliteceras
speciesdaintree(Etheridge 1872)

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.

†Boliteceras daintree Etheridge 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available