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Lithacoceras (Progeronia)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy
Progeronia was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Lithacoceras (Progeronia) by Geyer (1961).

It was assigned to Perisphinctinae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Lithacoceras by Geyer (1961); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ammonites eupalus d'Orbigny p. 555 figs. Pl. 217, fig. 1, 2
1957Progeronia Arkell et al. p. L321
1961Lithacoceras (Progeronia) Geyer
2002Progeronia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyLithacoceratinaeZeiss 1968
genusLithacoceras
subgenusProgeronia

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: Ammonites eupalus d'Orbigny 1850 [nomen oblitum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available