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Vescotoceras japonicum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae

Taxonomy
Prototoceras japonicum was named by Bando and Ehiro (1985). Its type specimen is GLKU-TY-8201 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ishihama coast, locality 3, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Wuchiapingian offshore shale in the Suenosaki Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Vescotoceras japonicum by Ehiro (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Prototoceras japonicum Bando and Ehiro p. 42 figs. Pl 7, figs 3a-c; text-fig 9A
2002Prototoceras japonicum Leonova
2019Vescotoceras japonicum Ehiro

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderOtoceratinaShevyrev and Ermakova 1979
superfamilyOtoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyAraxoceratidaeRuzhencev 1959
subfamilyAraxoceratinaeRuzhencev 1959
genusVescotocerasRuzhencev 1962
speciesjaponicum()

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.

†Vescotoceras japonicum Bando and Ehiro 1985
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Diagnosis
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