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Metaplacenticeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Taxonomy
Metaplacenticeras was named by Spath (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u].

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Placenticeratidae by Matsumoto (1959), Matsumoto (1984) and Shigeta (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Metaplacenticeras Spath
1959Metaplacenticeras Matsumoto p. 135
1984Metaplacenticeras Matsumoto p. 20
2002Metaplacenticeras Sepkoski
2016Metaplacenticeras Shigeta p. 343

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyPlacenticeratidae
genusMetaplacenticerasSpath 1926

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. †Metaplacenticeras Spath 1926
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Metaplacenticeras bowersi Anderson 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available