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Porpoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Dactylioceratidae

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

It was reranked as Coeloceras (Porpoceras) by Monestier (1931).

It was assigned to Coeloceras by Monestier (1931); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dactylioceratinae by Howarth (2013) and Benzaggagh et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Coeloceras (Porpoceras) Monestier
1971Platystrophites Levi-Setti and Pinna
1971Telodactylites Pinna and Levi-Setti
2002Porpoceras Sepkoski
2008Telodactylites Géczy et al.
2013Porpoceras Howarth p. 66
2022Porpoceras Benzaggagh et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyDactylioceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyDactylioceratinaeHyatt 1867
genusPorpoceras

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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Porpoceras andraei Simpson 1843
Porpoceras tenellissimum Monestier 1931
Porpoceras vortex Simpson 1855
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Invalid names: Porpoceras verticosum Buckman 1914 [synonym]
Porpoceras vorticellum Simpson 1855
Invalid names: Platystrophites Levi-Setti and Pinna 1971 [synonym], Telodactylites Pinna and Levi-Setti 1971 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available