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Mexicoceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae

Taxonomy
Mexicoceras was named by Ruzhencev (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Waagenoceras guadalupense.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Prolecanitida by Tazawa et al. (2005); to Kufengoceratinae by Zhao (1980) and Furnish et al. (2009); and to Cyclolobidae by Bogoslovskaya (1990), Leonova (2002), Korn (2006) and Leonova (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Mexicoceras Ruzhencev
1980Mexicoceras Zhao p. 80
1990Mexicoceras Bogoslovskaya p. 73
2002Mexicoceras Leonova
2002Mexicoceras Sepkoski
2005Mexicoceras Tazawa et al.
2006Mexicoceras Korn
2009Mexicoceras Furnish et al. p. 152
2010Mexicoceras Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCycloloboidea(Zittel 1895)
familyCyclolobidaeZittel 1895
genusMexicocerasRuzhencev 1955

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. †Mexicoceras Ruzhencev 1955
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Mexicoceras globosum Chao 1965
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Invalid names: Waagenoceras clavatum Plummer and Scott 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available