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Ancyloceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Ancyloceras was named by d'Orbigny (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr-l K Apti-u]. It is the type genus of Ancylocerataceae, Ancyloceratidae, Ancyloceratinae.

It was reranked as Crioceras (Ancyloceras) by Gabb (1864).

It was assigned to Crioceras by Gabb (1864); to Ammonoidea by Murphy (1956); to Cephalopoda by Giers (1964); to Ancyloceratidae by Murphy (1975) and Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker (1997); and to Ancyloceratinae by Renz (1982), Förster and Weier (1983), Landra et al. (2000) and Szives (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Ancyloceras d'Orbigny p. 491
1864Crioceras (Ancyloceras) Gabb p. 75
1956Ancyloceras Murphy
1964Ancyloceras Giers p. 282
1975Ancyloceras Murphy p. 23
1982Ancyloceras Renz p. 20
1983Ancyloceras Förster and Weier p. 60
1997Ancyloceras Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker p. 66
2000Ancyloceras Landra et al. p. 36
2007Ancyloceras Szives p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
subfamilyAncyloceratinaeGill 1871
genusAncyloceras

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. †Ancyloceras d'Orbigny 1842
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Subg. †Ancyloceras (Ancyloceras) d'Orbigny 1842
Ancyloceras ajax Anderson 1938
Ancyloceras attrox Anderson 1938
Ancyloceras calloviense Morris 1845
Ancyloceras durrelli Anderson 1938
Ancyloceras elephas Anderson 1938
Ancyloceras furcatum d'Orbigny 1842
Ancyloceras mantelli Casey 1960
Ancyloceras matheroni d'Orbigny 1842
Ancyloceras nicoleti Pictet and Campiche 1861
Ancyloceras remondi Gabb 1864
Ancyloceras tenue d'Orbigny 1847
Ancyloceras thomeli Murphy 1975
Ancyloceras vandenheckii Astier 1851
Diagnosis
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