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Holcodiscus caillaudianus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites caillaudianus was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Holcodiscus.

It was recombined as Holcodiscus caillaudianus by Klein (2005) and Klein (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites caillaudianus d'Orbigny p. 99
2005Holcodiscus caillaudianus Klein p. 126

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyHolcodiscidaeSpath 1924
genusHolcodiscusUhlig 1882
speciescaillaudianus(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

Holcodiscus caillaudianus d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
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