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Meekoceras
Taxonomy
Meekoceras was named by Hyatt (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is the type genus of Meekocerataceae.
It was assigned to Ptychitinae by von Mojsisovics (1882); to Pinacoceratidae by Kittl (1903); to Meekoceratinae by Nakazawa and Bando (1968); to Meekoceratidae by Diener (1897), Spath (1934) and Tozer (1994); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Prionitidae by Brayard et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Ptychitinae by von Mojsisovics (1882); to Pinacoceratidae by Kittl (1903); to Meekoceratinae by Nakazawa and Bando (1968); to Meekoceratidae by Diener (1897), Spath (1934) and Tozer (1994); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Prionitidae by Brayard et al. (2013).
Species
M. bittneri, M. bonnevillense, M. boreale, M. cadoricum, M. caprilense, M. caucasium, M. corvarense, M. cristatum, M. darvazicum, M. davisi, M. dubium, M. fulguratum, M. gracilitatis (syn. M. radiosus, Clypeoceras pusillum, Dagnoceras bridgesi, M. sylvanum), M. haydeni, M. infrequens, M. japonicum, M. kraffti, M. luchnikovi, M. malayicum, M. marginale, M. millardense, M. mushbachanum, M. nakazawai, M. olivieri, M. orientale, M. pusillum, M. rota, M. solitarium, M. tardum
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1879 | Meekoceras Hyatt |
| 1882 | Meekoceras von Mojsisovics |
| 1897 | Meekoceras Diener |
| 1903 | Meekoceras Kittl |
| 1934 | Meekoceras Spath |
| 1968 | Meekoceras Nakazawa and Bando |
| 1994 | Meekoceras Tozer p. 70 |
| 2002 | Meekoceras Sepkoski |
| 2013 | Meekoceras Brayard et al. p. 200 |
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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. †Meekoceras Hyatt 1879
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†Meekoceras bittneri Shevyrev 1990
†Meekoceras bonnevillense Smith 1932
†Meekoceras boreale Diener 1895
†Meekoceras cadoricum von Mojsisovics 1869
†Meekoceras caprilense von Mojsisovics 1878
†Meekoceras caucasium Shevyrev 1995
†Meekoceras corvarense Laube 1869
†Meekoceras cristatum Smith 1932
†Meekoceras darvazicum Shevyrev 1990
†Meekoceras davisi Smith 1932
†Meekoceras dubium Krafft 1909
†Meekoceras fulguratum Waagen 1895
†Meekoceras gracilitatis White 1879
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Invalid names: Clypeoceras pusillum Shevyrev 1990 [synonym], Dagnoceras bridgesi Smith 1932 [synonym], Meekoceras radiosus Smith 1932 [synonym], Meekoceras sylvanum Smith 1932 [synonym]
†Meekoceras haydeni Smith 1932
†Meekoceras infrequens Krafft 1909
†Meekoceras japonicum Shimizu and Jimbo 1933
†Meekoceras kraffti Shevyrev 1990
†Meekoceras luchnikovi Shevyrev 1990
†Meekoceras malayicum Welter 1922
†Meekoceras marginale Arthaber 1908
†Meekoceras millardense Brayard et al. 2013
†Meekoceras mushbachanum White 1879
†Meekoceras nakazawai Bando 1968
†Meekoceras olivieri Brayard et al. 2013
†Meekoceras orientale Shimizu and Jimbo 1933
†Meekoceras pusillum Shevyrev 1990
†Meekoceras rota Waagen 1895
†Meekoceras solitarium von Krafft 1909
†Meekoceras tardum Waagen 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available