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Arctocephalites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cardioceratidae

Taxonomy
Arctocephalites is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Arctocephalitinae.

It was assigned to Cadoceratinae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Arctocephalitinae by Mitta (2016).

Species
A. (Cranocephalites), A. alticostus, A. saypoensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. sphaericus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Arctocephalites Arkell et al. p. 301
2002Arctocephalites Sepkoski
2016Arctocephalites Mitta p. 360

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyCardioceratidaeSiemiradzki 1891
subfamilyArctocephalitinaeMeledina 1968
genusArctocephalites

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available