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Buttsoceras adamsi

Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Troedssonellidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras adamsi was named by Butts (1926). It is the type species of Buttsoceras.

It was recombined as Buttsoceras adamsi by Butts (1926) and Evans (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Buttsoceras adamsi Butts pp. 99-100
2011Buttsoceras adamsi Evans

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderDissidoceridaZhuravleva 1964
familyTroedssonellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusButtsocerasUlrich and Foerste 1933
speciesadamsi(Butts 1926)

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.

Buttsoceras adamsi Butts 1926
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Diagnosis
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