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Algerites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae

Taxonomy
Algerites is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Algerites sayni.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Anisoceratidae by Kennedy et al. (2008) and Kennedy and Morris (2018).

Species
A. ellipticus, A. sayni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Algerites Sepkoski
2008Algerites Kennedy et al. p. 132
2018Algerites Kennedy and Morris p. 95

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAnisoceratidae
genusAlgerites

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.

G. †Algerites
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Algerites ellipticus Mantell 1822
Algerites sayni Pervinquière 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available