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Protacanthodiscus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Protacanthodiscus Imlay and Jones p. B3
1996Protacanthodiscus Wright et al. p. 51
2002Protacanthodiscus Sepkoski
2015Protacanthodiscus Frau et al. p. 124
2016Protacanthodiscus Frau et al. p. 552

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyHimalayitidaeSpath 1925
subfamilyHimalayitinaeSpath 1925
genusProtacanthodiscus

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: Durangites apertus Tavera 1985 [synonym], Durangites gigantis Tavera 1985 [synonym], Durangites singularis Tavera 1985 [synonym], Durangites sutneroides Tavera 1985 [synonym], Protacanthodiscus berriasensis Tavera 1985 [synonym], Protacanthodiscus coronatus Tavera 1985 [synonym], Protacanthodiscus darwini Tavera 1985 [synonym], Protacanthodiscus nodusus Tavera 1985 [synonym]
Protacanthodiscus taffi Anderson 1945
Diagnosis
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