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Megatyloceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae

Taxonomy
Megatyloceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Roloboceratinae by Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Megatyloceras Wright et al. p. 267
2002Megatyloceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyDouvilleiceratoidea(Parona and Bonarelli 1897)
familyDouvilleiceratidaeParona and Bonarelli 1897
subfamilyRoloboceratinaeCasey 1961
genusMegatyloceras

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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Megatyloceras ricordeanum d'Orbigny 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available