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Litoceras

Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae

Taxonomy
Litoceras was named by Hyatt (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Llde Sepkoski's reference number: 524].

It was assigned to Trocholitidae by Ulrich et al. (1942), Teichert et al. (1964) and Crick (1981).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Litoceras Hyatt p. 268
1942Litoceras Ulrich et al.
1964Litoceras Teichert et al. p. 361
1981Litoceras Crick p. 228

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderTarphycerida()
familyTrocholitidaeChapman 1857
genusLitocerasHyatt 1883

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.

G. †Litoceras Hyatt 1883
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Litoceras calciferum Billings 1865
Litoceras versutum Billings 1865
Litoceras whiteavsi Hyatt 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available