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Lyticoceras cryptoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites cryptoceras was named by d'Orbigny (1840). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Lyticoceras.

It was recombined as Lyticoceras cryptoceras by Hyatt (1900), Reboulet (1996) and Klein (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ammonites cryptoceras d'Orbigny p. 106 figs. pl. 24, figs. 1-4
1900Lyticoceras cryptoceras Hyatt p. 586
1996Lyticoceras cryptoceras Reboulet p. 135 figs. Pl 15, fig 5
2005Lyticoceras cryptoceras Klein p. 341

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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
subfamilyEndemoceratinaeSchindewolf 1966
genusLyticoceras
speciescryptoceras(d'Orbigny 1840)

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.

†Lyticoceras cryptoceras d'Orbigny 1840
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Diagnosis
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