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Praesphaeroceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coeloceratidae

Taxonomy
Praesphaeroceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Coeloceratidae by Howarth (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Diaphorites Fucini
2002Praesphaeroceras Sepkoski
2013Praesphaeroceras Howarth p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyCoeloceratidaeHaug 1910
genusPraesphaeroceras

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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Invalid names: Diaphorites Fucini 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available