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Didymoceras newtoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Heteroceras newtoni was named by Whitfield (1877). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Didymoceras newtoni by Kennedy et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Heteroceras newtoni Whitfield p. 40
2000Didymoceras newtoni Kennedy et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusDidymocerasHyatt 1900
speciesnewtoni(Whitfield 1877)

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.

Didymoceras newtoni Whitfield 1877
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Diagnosis
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