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Dorsetensia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

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

It was reranked as Ammonites (Dorsetensia) by Crick (1894).

It was assigned to Ammonites by Crick (1894); to Sonniniidae by Arkell (1952); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Sonniniinae by Howarth (2013); and to Witchelliinae by Sandoval (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Ammonites (Dorsetensia) Crick p. 388
1952Dorsetensia Arkell p. 269
2002Dorsetensia Sepkoski
2013Dorsetensia Howarth p. 119
2022Dorsetensia Sandoval p. 840

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySonniniidaeBuckman 1892
subfamilyWitchelliinaeCallomon and Chandler 2006
genusDorsetensia

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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Dorsetensia arabica Arkell 1952
Dorsetensia hannoverana Hiltermann 1939
Dorsetensia hebridica Morton 1972
Dorsetensia liostraca Buckman 1892
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Invalid names: Dorsetensia liostraca tecta Huf 1968 [invalid subgroup]
Dorsetensia pinguis Roemer 1836
Invalid names: Dorsetensia liostraca subtecta Huf 1968 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available