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Lyelliceras lyelli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites lyelli was named by d'Orbigny (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Lyelliceras.

It was recombined as Acanthoceras lyelli by Bayle (1878); it was recombined as Lyelliceras lyelli by Spath (1921), Jones (1960), Renz (1982), Latil (1995) and Kennedy and Klinger (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ammonites lyelli d'Orbigny p. 255 figs. pl. 74, fig.3 (pars), 4
1878Acanthoceras lyelli Bayle p. 74
1907Douvilleiceras nodosa Etheridge p. 87 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2
1921Lyelliceras lyelli Spath p. 202
1930Lyelliceras cotteri Spath p. 65 figs. pl. 9, fig. 1-8
1960Lyelliceras lyelli Jones p. 156
1968Collignoniceras (Selwynoceras) gratum van Hoepen p. 161 figs. Pl 5
1982Lyelliceras lyelli Renz p. 38
1995Lyelliceras lyelli Latil
2008Lyelliceras lyelli Kennedy and Klinger p. 86 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-11,17-21; pl 4, figs 1-5,7-911-14,17,18; pl 5, figs 1-11,14-20; pl 6, figs 1-16,19,20;

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyLyelliceratidae
subfamilyLyelliceratinae
genusLyellicerasSpath 1921
specieslyelli()

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.

Lyelliceras lyelli d'Orbigny 1841
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Invalid names: Collignoniceras (Selwynoceras) gratum van Hoepen 1968 [synonym], Douvilleiceras nodosa Etheridge 1907 [synonym], Lyelliceras cotteri Spath 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available