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Aspidostephanus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae

Taxonomy
Aspidostephanus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spiticeratinae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Aspidostephanus Arkell et al. p. L347
2002Aspidostephanus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderOlcostephaninaHaug 1910
superfamilyOlcostephanoidea(Haug 1910)
familyOlcostephanidaeHaug 1910
subfamilySpiticeratinaeSpath 1924
genusAspidostephanus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available