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Distoloceras hystrix

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites hystrix was named by Phillips (1829). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Distoloceras.

It was recombined as Distoloceras hystrix by Hyatt (1900) and Klein (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. spiniger

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Ammonites hystrix Phillips p. 123 figs. pl. 2, fig. 44
1900Distoloceras hystrix Hyatt p. 588
2005Distoloceras hystrix Klein p. 360

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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
genusDistoloceras
specieshystrix(Phillips 1829)

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.

†Distoloceras hystrix Phillips 1829
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Diagnosis
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