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Phricodoceras taylori

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Phricodoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites taylori was named by Sowerby (1826). It is the type species of Phricodoceras.

It was recombined as Aegoceras taylori by Wright (1880); it was recombined as Phricodoceras taylori by Hyatt (1900), Bremer (1965), Frebold (1970), Alkaya and Meister (1995), Smith and Tipper (1996), Rakús and Guex (2002), Donovan and Surlyk (2003) and Edmunds et al. (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
  • Ammonites quadricornutus was named by Simpson (1855).

    It was recombined as Phricodoceras quadricornutum by Buckman (1911); it was synonymized subjectively with Phricodoceras taylori by Bremer (1965).
  • Ammonites cornutus was named by Simpson (1843). It is not extant.

    It was recombined as Phricodoceras cornutum by Buckman (1911); it was synonymized subjectively with Phricodoceras taylori by Donovan and Surlyk (2003).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Ammonites taylori Sowerby
1843Ammonites cornutus Simpson
1855Ammonites quadricornutus Simpson
1880Aegoceras taylori Wright
1900Phricodoceras taylori Hyatt p. 587
1911Phricodoceras cornutum Buckman
1911Phricodoceras quadricornutum Buckman
1965Phricodoceras taylori Bremer
1970Phricodoceras taylori Frebold
1995Phricodoceras taylori Alkaya and Meister p. 151 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-4,6,7
1996Phricodoceras taylori Smith and Tipper p. 41 figs. Pl 15, fig 2
2002Phricodoceras taylori Rakús and Guex p. 117 figs. Pl 20, fig 4; text-fig 94
2003Phricodoceras taylori Donovan and Surlyk
2003Phricodoceras taylori Edmunds et al. fig. 20.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPhricodoceratidae(Spath 1938)
genusPhricodoceras
speciestaylori(Sowerby 1826)

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.

Phricodoceras taylori Sowerby 1826
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Invalid names: Ammonites quadricornutus Simpson 1855 [synonym], Phricodoceras cornutum Simpson 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available