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Glochiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Glochiceras was named by Hyatt (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo-u J Kimm-l]. Its type is Ammonites nimbatus. It is the type genus of Glochiceratinae, Glochiceratinae.

It was assigned to Haploceratidae by Cantu-Chapa (1962); to Glochiceratinae by Schlegelmilch (1994); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Oppeliidae by Sato and Yamada (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Glochiceras Hyatt p. 569
1962Glochiceras Cantu-Chapa p. 31
1994Glochiceras Schlegelmilch p. 51
2002Glochiceras Sepkoski
2014Glochiceras Sato and Yamada p. 30

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

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. †Glochiceras Hyatt 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available