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Ectocentrites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ectocentrites was named by Canavari (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: J Hett-u J Sine-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites petersi.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ectocentritinae by Wiedmann (1970), Meister and Friebe (2003), Geczy and Meister (2007), Blau et al. (2008) and Hoffmann (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Ammonites altecinctus Hauer p. 192
1878Lytoceras altecinctum Herbich
1888Ectocentrites Canavari
1924Cosmolytoceras Spath p. 189
1970Tragolytoceras altecinctum Wiedmann p. 996 figs. Pl 9, fig 3; text-fig 30H
1970Ectocentrites Wiedmann p. 1002
2002Ectocentrites Sepkoski
2003Ectocentrites Meister and Friebe
2007Ectocentrites Geczy and Meister
2008Ectocentrites Blau et al. p. 403
2010Ectocentrites Hoffmann p. 12

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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
subfamilyEctocentritinaeSpath 1926
genusEctocentritesCanavari 1888

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.

G. †Ectocentrites Canavari 1888
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Ectocentrites altiformis Bonarelli 1899
Ectocentrites alutae Herbich 1878
Ectocentrites hillebrandti Blau et al. 2008
Ectocentrites italicus Meneghini 1882
Ectocentrites pacificus Longridge et al. 2008
Ectocentrites thibaudi Meister et al. 2010
Invalid names: Ammonites altecinctus Hauer 1866 [nomen dubium], Cosmolytoceras Spath 1924 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available