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Leopoldia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Leopoldia was named by Mayer-Eymar (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: K Vala-u K Haut-l]. Its type is Ammonites leopoldinus.

It was assigned to Neocomitinae by Reboulet (1996); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Endemoceratinae by Klein (2005).

Species
L. bakeri, L. crassicostata, L. leopoldinus, L. truncata
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. buxtorfi

Synonyms
  • Hoplitides was named by Koenen (1902).

    It was reranked as Leopoldia (Hoplitides) by Sayn (1907); it was synonymized objectively with Leopoldia by Klein (2005).

    It was assigned to Leopoldia by Sayn (1907).
  • Solgeria was named by Uhlig (1905).

    It was synonymized objectively with Leopoldia by Klein (2005).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Leopoldia Mayer-Eymar p. 77
1902Hoplitides Koenen p. 170
1905Solgeria Uhlig p. 624
1907Leopoldia (Hoplitides) Sayn p. 58
1996Leopoldia Reboulet p. 129
2002Leopoldia Sepkoski
2005Leopoldia Klein p. 371

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyEndemoceratinaeSchindewolf 1966
genusLeopoldiaMayer-Eymar 1887

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. †Leopoldia Mayer-Eymar 1887
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†Leopoldia bakeri Imlay 1938
†Leopoldia leopoldinus d'Orbigny 1840
†Leopoldia truncata Imlay 1940
Invalid names: Hoplitides Koenen 1902 [objective synonym], Solgeria Uhlig 1905 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available