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Karsteniceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Leptoceratoididae

Taxonomy
Karsteniceras was named by Royo-Gomez (1945) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr-l K Barr-u]. Its type is Ancyloceras beyrichii.

It was assigned to Leptoceratinae by Manolov (1962); to Ancyloceratidae by Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker (1997); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Leptoceratoididae by Klein et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Karsteniceras Royo-Gomez p. 460
1962Karsteniceras Manolov p. 531
1997Karsteniceras Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker p. 71
2002Karsteniceras Sepkoski
2007Karsteniceras Klein et al. p. 232

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyLeptoceratoididae(Thieuloy 1966)
genusKarstenicerasRoyo-Gomez 1945

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. †Karsteniceras Royo-Gomez 1945
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Karsteniceras beyrichii Karsten 1858
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Invalid names: Karsteniceras ibericum Vasicek and Wiedemann 1994 [synonym]
Karsteniceras hoheneggeri Vasicek and Wiedmann 1994
Karsteniceras multicostatum Kakabadze and Hoedemaeker 1997
Karsteniceras ternbergense Lukeneder 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available