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Otoceras

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Otoceratidae

Taxonomy
Otoceras was named by Griesbach (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Indu-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. Its type is Otoceras woodwardi.

It was reranked as Hungarites (Otoceras) by Diener (1897).

It was assigned to Hungarites by Diener (1897); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Otoceratidae by Spath (1934), Tozer (1994), Korn (2006) and Zhang et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Otoceras Griesbach p. 105
1897Hungarites (Otoceras) Diener
1934Otoceras Spath
1994Otoceras Tozer
2002Otoceras Sepkoski
2006Otoceras Korn
2017Otoceras Zhang et al. p. 653

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderOtoceratinaShevyrev and Ermakova 1979
superfamilyOtoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyOtoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusOtoceras

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. †Otoceras Griesbach 1880
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Otoceras woodwardi Griesbach 1880
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Invalid names: Hungarites (Otoceras) fissisellatum Diener 1897 [synonym], Hungarites (Otoceras) parbati Diener 1897 [synonym], Otoceras (Metotoceras) dieneri Spath 1930 [synonym], Otoceras boreale Spath 1935 [synonym], Otoceras clivei Diener 1897 [synonym], Otoceras draupadi Diener 1897 [synonym], Otoceras gracile Tozer 1994 [synonym], Otoceras latilobatum Wang 1976 [synonym], Otoceras woodwardi undatum Griesbach 1880 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available