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Ammonoceratites crenocostatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites crenocostatus was named by Whiteaves (1876). Its type specimen is GSC 4987, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lytoceras batesi by Stanton (1895); it was recombined as Ammonoceratites crenocostatus by McLearn (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Ammonites crenocostatus Whiteaves p. 45 figs. pl. 9, figs. 2, 2a
1972Ammonoceratites crenocostatus McLearn p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyLytoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusAmmonoceratitesBowditch 1822
speciescrenocostatus(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.

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Diagnosis
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