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Douvilleiceras spiniferum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites spiniferus was named by Whiteaves (1876) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Based on lectotype.]. Its type specimen is GSC 5014b, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Skidegate Inlet, west of Alliford Bay, which is in an Albian marine sandstone in the Haida Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Douvilleiceras spiniferum by McLearn (1972) and Futakami and Haggart (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Ammonites spiniferus Whiteaves p. 24 figs. pl. 3, fig. 1
1938Douvilleiceras restitutum Anderson pp. 175 -176 figs. Plate 54, figure 2
1967Douvilleiceras charshangense Mirzoyev
1972Douvilleiceras spiniferum McLearn p. 62
2016Douvilleiceras spiniferum Futakami and Haggart p. 47 figs. 4-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyDouvilleiceratoidea(Parona and Bonarelli 1897)
familyDouvilleiceratidaeParona and Bonarelli 1897
subfamilyDouvilleiceratinaeParona and Bonarelli 1897
genusDouvilleicerasGrossouvre 1894
speciesspiniferum(Whiteaves 1876)

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.

Douvilleiceras spiniferum Whiteaves 1876
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Invalid names: Douvilleiceras charshangense Mirzoyev 1967 [synonym], Douvilleiceras restitutum Anderson 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available