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Zuercherella

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Discussion

The spellings Zurcherella Casey 1954 and Zuercherella Casey 1954 are alternative spellings of the same name. The original source uses an umlaut (Zücherella), which is today conventionally anglicized as Zuecherella.

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Taxonomy
Zuercherella was named by Casey (1954) [Zurcherella spelling: Sepkoski's age data: K Barr-u K Apti-u Zuercherella spelling: Sepkoski's age data: K Apti].

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Delamette et al. (1997), Sepkoski (2002); to Beudanticeratinae by Arkell et al. (1957), Wright et al. (1996), Szives (2007); and to Uhligellinae by Latil et al. (2023), Latil et al. (2023).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Zuercherella Casey p. 112
1957Zurcherella Arkell et al. p. L368
1996Zuercherella Wright et al. p. 80
1997Zurcherella Delamette et al.
2002Zurcherella Sepkoski
2007Zuercherella Szives p. 55
2023Zuercherella Latil et al. p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyUhligellinae
genusZuercherella

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. †Zuercherella Casey 1954
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Zuercherella zuercheri Jacob et al. 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available