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Onychoceras confertissimum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoceras confertissimum was named by Whitfield (1936). It is the type species of Onychoceras.

It was recombined as Onychoceras confertissimum by Whitfield (1886) and Ulrich and Foerste (1936).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Onychoceras confertissimum Whitfield p. 51
1936Onychoceras confertissimum Ulrich and Foerste

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHammatoceratoideaSchindewolf 1964
familyHammatoceratidaeBuckman 1887
subfamilyHammatoceratinaeBuckman 1887
genusOnychocerasWunstrorf 1905
speciesconfertissimum(Whitfield 1936)

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.

Onychoceras confertissimum Whitfield 1936
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Diagnosis
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