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Epipeltoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Epipeltoceras is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Epipeltoceratinae.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Epipeltoceratinae by Schairer and Schlampp (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Epipeltoceras Sepkoski
2003Epipeltoceras Schairer and Schlampp p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyEpipeltoceratinaeDonovan et al. 1981
genusEpipeltoceras

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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Epipeltoceras berrense Favre 1876
Epipeltoceras bimammatus Quenstedt 1857
Epipeltoceras semimammatum Quenstedt 1885
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available