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Oxytropidoceras (Adkinsites) belknapi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites belknapi was named by Marcou (1858). It is a cast. It is the type species of Adkinsites.

It was recombined as Oxytropidoceras (Adkinsites) belknapi by Wright et al. (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Adkinsites diazi, O. multifidum, O. pandalense, O. robustum, O. roissyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Ammonites belknapi Marcou p. 34
1996Oxytropidoceras (Adkinsites) belknapi Wright et al. p. 138

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusOxytropidocerasStieler 1920
subgenusAdkinsites(Spath 1931)
speciesbelknapi(Marcou 1858)

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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