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Cyptendoceras richardsoni

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Protocycloceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyptendoceras richardsoni was named by Flower (1964). Its type specimen is RHF 870, a partial shell (phragmocone), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Southern Franklin Mts. at El Paso, which is in a Cassinian shallow subtidal dolomite in the Scenic Drive Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Cyptendoceras richardsoni Flower p. 116 figs. 16-18, 21 Pl. 19; 24-32 Pl. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyProtocycloceratidaeKobayashi 1935
genusCyptendocerasUlrich and Foerste 1936
speciesrichardsoni

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Diagnosis
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