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Werneroceras

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Werneroceratidae

Taxonomy
Werneroceras was named by Wedekind (1918) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife-l D Give-u Sepkoski's reference number: 457]. Its type is Anarcestes (Werneroceras) subumbonale.

It was reranked as Anarcestes (Werneroceras) by Wedekind (1918).

It was assigned to Anarcestes by Wedekind (1918); to Anarcestinae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Anarcestida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Werneroceratidae by Korn and Klug (2002) and Korn (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Anarcestes (Werneroceras) Wedekind
1918Werneroceras Wedekind
1918Werneroceras (Werneroceras) Wedekind
1957Werneroceras Arkell et al. p. 31
1987Werneroceras (Werneroceras) Göddertz p. 162
2002Werneroceras Korn and Klug p. 130
2002Werneroceras Sepkoski
2006Werneroceras Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAnarcestinaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyAnarcestaceaeSteinmann 1890
familyWerneroceratidaeErben 1964
genusWernerocerasWedekind 1918

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. †Werneroceras Wedekind 1918
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Subg. †Werneroceras (Crispoceras) Chlupac and Turek 1983
Werneroceras bobrovkense Bogoslovsky 1969
Werneroceras carinatum Petter 1959
Werneroceras subnautilinum von Buch 1832
Werneroceras subumbonale Wedekind 1918
Werneroceras uralicum Bogoslovsky 1959
Invalid names: Goniatites subnautilinus vittiger Sandberger and Sandberger 1852 [synonym], Werneroceras (Werneroceras) Wedekind 1918 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available