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Rioceras lobatum

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Rioceratidae

Taxonomy
Rioceras lobatum was named by Flower (1964). Its type specimen is NMBM 863, a partial shell (partial phragmocone), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Cooks Range (1st piloceroid zone), which is in a Demingian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Victorio Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Rioceras lobatum Flower p. 104 figs. 11-14 Pl. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyRioceratidae
genusRioceras
specieslobatum

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Rioceras lobatum Flower 1964
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Diagnosis
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