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Parapeltoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Parapeltoceras is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites oblongus.

It was assigned to Peltoceratinae by Jeannet (1951); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Parapeltoceras Jeannet
2002Parapeltoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPeltoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusParapeltoceras

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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Parapeltoceras annulosum Quenstedt 1887
Parapeltoceras oblongum Quenstedt 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available