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Aulacoceras

Cephalopoda - Aulacocerida - Aulacoceratidae

Taxonomy
Aulacoceras was named by von Hauer (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife Tr Nori-l Sepkoski's reference number: 307,1066]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Aulacoceratidae.

It was assigned to Aulacoceratinae by von Mojsisovics (1882); to Aulacocerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aulacoceratidae by von Mojsisovics (1902), Jeletzky (1966) and Riccardi (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Aulacoceras von Hauer
1878Belemnites otapiriensis Hector
1882Aulacoceras von Mojsisovics
1902Aulacoceras von Mojsisovics p. 177
1966Aulacoceras Jeletzky p. 25
2002Aulacoceras Sepkoski
2019Aulacoceras Riccardi p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAulacocerida(Stolley 1919)
familyAulacoceratidae()
genusAulacocerasvon Hauer 1847

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. †Aulacoceras von Hauer 1847
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Aulacoceras carlottense Whiteaves 1889
Aulacoceras inducens Braun 1841
Aulacoceras sulcatum Hauer 1860
Invalid names: Belemnites otapiriensis Hector 1878 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available