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Dimorphinites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Morphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Dimorphinites is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites dimorphus.

It was assigned to Morphoceratidae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Dimorphinites Arkell et al. p. 311
2002Dimorphinites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyMorphoceratidae
genusDimorphinites

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.

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Subg. †Dimorphinites (Vigoriceras) Rioult 1994
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Vigoriceras defrancei d'Orbigny 1846
Dimorphinites dimorphus d'Orbigny 1846
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available