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Oxytropidoceras (Benavidesites) harrisoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Venezoliceras harrisoni was named by Benavides-Caceres (1956). Its type specimen is AMNH 27864, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Oxytropidoceras (Benavidesites).

It was recombined as Oxytropidoceras (Benavidesites) harrisoni by Cooper (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. multifidum, O. pandalense, O. robustum, O. roissyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Venezoliceras harrisoni Benavides-Caceres p. 460 figs. pl. 53, fig. 6
1982Oxytropidoceras (Benavidesites) harrisoni Cooper p. 295

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusOxytropidocerasStieler 1920
subgenusBenavidesites
speciesharrisoni()

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
No diagnoses are available