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Palaeoceras mutabile

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Plectronoceratidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoceras mutabile was named by Flower (1954). Its type specimen is specimen in the collections of the Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas and is a cast. Its type locality is Threadgill Creek section (San Saba Limestone), which is in a Trempealeauan shallow subtidal grainstone in the Wilberns Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Palaeoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Palaeoceras mutabile Flower p. 10 figs. 5, 9, 10 Pl. 1; 11 Pl. 2; Pl. 3
1964Palaeoceras mutabile Flower p. 31 figs. 4-7, 11-18 Pl. 2; 1-9 Pl. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyPlectronoceratidaeKobayashi 1935
genusPalaeocerasFlower 1954
speciesmutabileFlower 1954

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.

Palaeoceras mutabile Flower 1954
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