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Heteroceras
Taxonomy
Heteroceras was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr-u K Apti-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. Its type is Lindigia helicoceroides. It is the type genus of Heteroceratinae.
It was assigned to Heteroceratinae by Aguirre-Urreta and Klinger (1986); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Heteroceratidae by Murphy (1975), Klein et al. (2007) and Frau et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Heteroceratinae by Aguirre-Urreta and Klinger (1986); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Heteroceratidae by Murphy (1975), Klein et al. (2007) and Frau et al. (2016).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1849 | Heteroceras d'Orbigny p. 291 |
| 1858 | Lindigia Karsten p. 103 |
| 1889 | Atopoceras Kilian p. 685 |
| 1975 | Heteroceras Murphy p. 36 |
| 1986 | Heteroceras Aguirre-Urreta and Klinger p. 322 |
| 1993 | Atopoceras King p. 180 |
| 2002 | Atopoceras Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Heteroceras Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Heteroceras Klein et al. p. 174 |
| 2016 | Heteroceras Frau et al. p. 214 |
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G. †Heteroceras d'Orbigny 1849
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Subg. †Heteroceras (Argvethites) Rouchadz 1933
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†Heteroceras (Argvethites) vohimaranitraensis Collignon 1962
Subg. †Heteroceras (Heteroceras) d'Orbigny 1849
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†Heteroceras (Heteroceras) elegans Rouchadzé 1933
†Heteroceras astierianum d'Orbigny 1851
†Heteroceras baylei Reynès 1876
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Invalid names: Heteroceras elegantoides Kakabadze 1988 [synonym]
†Heteroceras denizoti Frau et al. 2016
†Heteroceras helicoceroides Karsten 1858
†Heteroceras jeletzkyi Murphy 1975
†Heteroceras veratiae Frau et al. 2016
Invalid names: Atopoceras Kilian 1889 [synonym], Lindigia Karsten 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available