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Elephantoceras nodosum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae

Taxonomy
Elephantoceras nodosum was named by Zhao and Zheng (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 44582 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huangniwu, Pengjia Mb, Caijia, Shangrao County, which is in a Wordian marine siliciclastic in the Hutang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Elephantoceras nodosum Zhao and Zheng p. 233 figs. Pl 2, figs 25-27; text-fig 7
1981Elephantoceras nodosum Frest et al. p. 40 figs. Pl 7, figs 7-9; text-figs 3A,B, 17A,B
2002Elephantoceras nodosum Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPseudohaloritoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familyPseudohaloritidaeRuzhencev 1957
subfamilyShouchangoceratinaeZhao and Zheng 1977
genusElephantoceras
speciesnodosum

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.

†Elephantoceras nodosum Zhao and Zheng 1977
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Diagnosis
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