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Oxycerites (Alcidellus)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

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

It was reranked as Oxycerites (Alcidellus) by Parent (1998) and Zatoń (2010).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Oxycerites by Parent (1998) and Zatoń (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Eoheteroceras Vasícek and Wiedmann p. 226
1998Oxycerites (Alcidellus) Parent p. 76
2002Alcidellus Sepkoski
2002Eohecticoceras Sepkoski
2002Eoheteroceras Sepkoski
2010Oxycerites (Alcidellus) Zatoń p. 86

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
genusOxycerites
subgenusAlcidellus

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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Invalid names: Eohecticoceras [synonym], Eoheteroceras Vasícek and Wiedmann 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available