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Epitornoceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Tornoceratidae

Taxonomy
Epitornoceras was named by Frech (1902) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give-u D Fras-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302,1042]. It is not extant. Its type is Goniatites (Tornoceras) mithracoides.

It was reranked as Tornoceras (Epitornoceras) by Frech (1902).

It was assigned to Tornoceras by Frech (1902); to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tornoceratinae by Korn and Klug (2002), Korn (2006), Bockwinkel et al. (2013), Bockwinkel et al. (2013), Bockwinkel et al. (2015) and Bockwinkel and Korn (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Epitornoceras Frech
1902Tornoceras (Epitornoceras) Frech
2002Epitornoceras Korn and Klug p. 158
2002Epitornoceras Sepkoski
2006Epitornoceras Korn
2013Epitornoceras Bockwinkel et al. p. 57
2013Epitornoceras Bockwinkel et al. p. 267
2015Epitornoceras Bockwinkel et al. p. 148
2015Epitornoceras Bockwinkel and Korn p. 358

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyTornocerataceaeArthaber 1911
familyTornoceratidaeArthaber 1911
subfamilyTornoceratinaeArthaber 1911
genusEpitornocerasFrech 1902

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. †Epitornoceras Frech 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available