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Wordieoceras wordiei

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae

Taxonomy
Vishnuites wordiei was named by Spath (1930). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Wordieoceras.

It was recombined as Wordieoceras wordiei by Tozer (1994) and Jenks et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Vishnuites decipiens Spath
1930Vishnuites wordiei Spath
1934Vishnuites wordiei Spath
1935Vishnuites decipiens Spath p. 41 figs. Pl 4, fig 4; pl 9, fig 3; pl 10, figs 2-5; pl 12, fig 1; pl 13, figs 4,7
1935Vishnuites wordiei Spath p. 41 figs. Pl 4, fig 5; pl 12, fig 2
1978Vishnuites decipiens Zakharov figs. Pl 7, fig 3
1987Vishnuites domokhotovi Zakharov and Rybalka
1994Wordieoceras wordiei Tozer p. 58 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-3; pl 6, figs 1-3; pl 7, figs 1-4; text-fig 8
1996Wordieoceras decipiens Dagis et al. p. 92 figs. Pl 44, fig 2
2021Wordieoceras wordiei Jenks et al. p. 11 figs. 7A-B'

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMeekocerataceaeWaagen 1895
familyOphiceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusWordieocerasTozer 1971
specieswordiei(Spath 1930)

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.

Wordieoceras wordiei Spath 1930
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Invalid names: Vishnuites decipiens Spath 1930 [synonym], Vishnuites domokhotovi Zakharov and Rybalka 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available