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Vascoceras birchbyi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Vascoceras (Greenhornoceras) birchbyi was named by Cobban and Scott (1972). Its type specimen is USNM 164022, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Vascoceras birchbyi by Ifrim and Stinnesbeck (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. adunense, V. mohovanense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Vascoceras (Greenhornoceras) birchbyi Cobban and Scott p. 85 figs. pl. 22
2007Vascoceras birchbyi Ifrim and Stinnesbeck p. 653

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusVascocerasChoffat 1898
speciesbirchbyi()

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.

†Vascoceras birchbyi Cobban and Scott 1972
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Diagnosis
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