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Protancyloceras (ammonoid)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Protancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Protancyloceras was named by Spath (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-l K Vala-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. Its type is Ancyloceras guembeli.

It was assigned to Protancyloceratinae by Cantu-Chapa (1962); to Ammonoidea by Myczynski (1989); to Protancyloceratidae by Sepkoski (2002) and Klein et al. (2007); and to Bochianitidae by Zell et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Protancyloceras Spath
1962Protancyloceras Cantu-Chapa p. 27
1989Protancyloceras Myczynski p. 109
2002Protanclyoceras Sepkoski
2007Protancyloceras Klein et al. p. 13
2015Protancyloceras Zell et al. p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyProtancyloceratoideaBreistroffer 1947
familyProtancyloceratidaeBreistroffer 1947
genusProtancylocerasSpath 1924

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. †Protancyloceras Spath 1924 [ammonoid]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available