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Holcophylloceras mediterraneum

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Phylloceras mediterraneum was named by Neumayr (1871). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Phylloceras (Triphyllites) mediterraneum by Douvillé (1916); it was recombined as Holcophylloceras mediterraneum by Wright et al. (1996), Grigore (2011) and Grigore (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. baraense, H. calypso, H. chonomphalum, H. mesoicum, H. totricum, H. tyungense, H. ussuriensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Phylloceras mediterraneum Neumayr
1875Phylloceras mediterraneum Waagen p. 34
1916Phylloceras (Triphyllites) mediterraneum Douvillé p. 12 figs. Pl. 3, Fig. 1
1996Holcophylloceras mediterraneum Wright et al. p. 2
2011Holcophylloceras mediterraneum Grigore p. 195 figs. Pl 2, figs 6,11
2013Holcophylloceras mediterraneum Grigore p. 87 figs. Pl 2, figs 6,11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyCalliphylloceratinaeSpath 1927
genusHolcophyllocerasSpath 1927
speciesmediterraneum(Neumayr 1871)

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.

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Diagnosis
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