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Pachyceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Pachyceras was named by Bayle (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: J Call-u J Oxfo-l]. Its type is Ammonites lalandeanus.

It was assigned to Pachyceratidae by Arkell (1952), Arkell et al. (1957), Bogolepova (1995); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Scofield on 2024-04-06

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Pachyceras Bayle
1952Pachyceras Arkell p. 291
1957Pachyceras Arkell et al. p. 297
1995Pachyceras Bogolepova
2002Pachyceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPachyceratidaeBuckman 1918
genusPachycerasBayle 1878

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. †Pachyceras Bayle 1878
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Pachyceras lalandeanum d'Orbigny 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available