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Homerites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

Taxonomy
Homerites was named by Mojsisovics (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. Its type is Ammonites semiglobosus.

It was reranked as Halorites (Homerites) by Hyatt and Smith (1905).

It was assigned to Halorites by Hyatt and Smith (1905); to Haloritidae by Smith (1927) and Spath (1951); to Tropitidae by Tozer (1981) and Tozer (1994); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Homerites Mojsisovics
1905Halorites (Homerites) Hyatt and Smith p. 42
1927Homerites Smith
1951Homerites Spath p. 105
1981Homerites Tozer p. 98
1994Homerites Tozer p. 218
2002Homerites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyTropitidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusHomeritesMojsisovics 1893

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. †Homerites Mojsisovics 1893
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Homerites semiglobosus Hauer 1855
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available