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Stephanoceras (Skirroceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

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

It was reranked as Stephanoceras (Skirroceras) by Géczy (1967).

It was assigned to Stephanoceratidae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Stephanoceras by Géczy (1967); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Skirroceras Arkell et al. p. 289
1967Stephanoceras (Skirroceras) Géczy
2002Skirroceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyStephanoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusStephanocerasWaagen 1869
subgenusSkirroceras

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available