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Lemuroceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Lemuroceras was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Arcthoplites (Lemuroceras) by McLearn (1972).

It was assigned to Arcthoplites by McLearn (1972); to Cleoniceratidae by Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Arcthoplites (Lemuroceras) McLearn p. 69
1996Lemuroceras Wright et al. p. 100
2002Lemuroceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCleoniceratidae()
genusLemuroceras

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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Subg. †Lemuroceras (Subarcthoplites) Casey 1954
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Subarctoplites irenense McLearn 1945
Lemuroceras dubium Collignon 1949
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available