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Yokoyamaoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Yokoyamaoceras was named by Wright and Matsumoto (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo , K Coni]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Puzosiinae by Kennedy (1986); to Kossmaticeratinae by Wright (1996), Kennedy and Summesberger (1999); to Kossmaticeratidae by Wright and Matsumoto (1954), Toshimitsu and Hirano (2000); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2006-07-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Yokoyamaoceras Wright and Matsumoto
1986Yokoyamoceras Kennedy p. 22
1996Yokoyamaoceras Wright
1999Yokoyamaoceras Kennedy and Summesberger p. 25
2000Yokoyamaoceras Toshimitsu and Hirano
2002Yokoyamaceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922
genusYokoyamaocerasWright and Matsumoto 1954

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. †Yokoyamaoceras Wright and Matsumoto 1954
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Yokoyamoceras jimboi Matsumoto 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available