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Rudolfoceras cornuoryx

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Rudolfoceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras cornuoryx was named by Whitfield (1886).

It was recombined as Orygoceras cornuoryx by Whitfield (1886) and Ruedemann (1906); it was recombined as Rudolfoceras cornuoryx by Ulrich et al. (1944); it was recombined as Rudolfoceras cornuoryx by Ulrich et al. (1944) and Kröger and Landing (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Orygoceras cornuoryx Whitfield
1906Orygoceras cornuoryx Ruedemann
1944Rudolfoceras cornuoryx Ulrich et al.
2009Rudolfoceras cornuoryx Kröger and Landing

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyRudolfoceratidae
genusRudolfoceras
speciescornuoryx(Whitfield 1886)

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.

Rudolfoceras cornuoryx Whitfield 1886
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Diagnosis
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