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Lytoceras (Derolytoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Derolytoceras was named by Rosenberg (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine J Plie-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Derolytoceras tortum.

It was reranked as Lytoceras (Derolytoceras) by Hoffmann (2010).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Lytoceratidae by Wiedmann (1970), Géczy and Meister (1998) and Meister and Friebe (2003); and to Lytoceras by Hoffmann (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Derolytoceras Rosenberg
1970Derolytoceras Wiedmann p. 994
1998Derolytoceras Géczy and Meister
2002Derolytoceras Sepkoski
2003Derolytoceras Meister and Friebe
2010Lytoceras (Derolytoceras) Hoffmann p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyLytoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusLytocerasSuess 1865
subgenusDerolytoceras(Rosenberg 1909)

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.

Subg. †Lytoceras (Derolytoceras) Rosenberg 1909
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Derolytoceras annulosum Monestier 1931
Derolytoceras tortum Quenstedt 1885
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available