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Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Dichotomoceras was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) by Atrops and Benest (1984) and Schlegelmilch (1994).

It was assigned to Perisphinctes by Atrops and Benest (1984) and Schlegelmilch (1994); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) Atrops and Benest
1994Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) Schlegelmilch p. 61
2002Dichotomoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPerisphinctinaeSteinmann 1890
genusPerisphinctes()
subgenusDichotomoceras

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available