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Mexicoceras
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).
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
Year | Name and author |
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1955 | Mexicoceras Ruzhencev |
1980 | Mexicoceras Zhao p. 80 |
1990 | Mexicoceras Bogoslovskaya p. 73 |
2002 | Mexicoceras Leonova |
2002 | Mexicoceras Sepkoski |
2005 | Mexicoceras Tazawa et al. |
2006 | Mexicoceras Korn |
2009 | Mexicoceras Furnish et al. p. 152 |
2010 | Mexicoceras Leonova |
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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
†Mexicoceras guadalupense Girty 1908
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Invalid names: Waagenoceras clavatum Plummer and Scott 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available