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Lanceolites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Lanceolitidae

Taxonomy
Lanceolites was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen-l Tr Olen-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302,1066]. Its type is Lanceolites compactus. It is the type genus of Lanceolitidae.

It was assigned to Lanceolitinae by Spath (1934); to Hedenstroemiidae by Ganev (1966) and Kummel (1969); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lanceolitidae by Tozer (1981) and Brayard et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Lanceolites Hyatt and Smith
1934Lanceolites Spath
1966Lanceolites Ganev
1969Lanceolites Kummel
1981Lanceolites Tozer p. 90
2002Lanceolites Sepkoski
2013Lanceolites Brayard et al. p. 188

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNoritoidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyLanceolitidae()
genusLanceolites

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. †Lanceolites Hyatt and Smith 1905
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Invalid names: Lanceolites orientalis Chao 1959 [synonym]
Lanceolites compactus Hyatt and Smith 1905
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available