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Sosioceras pygmaeum
Taxonomy
Brancoceras pygmaeum was named by Gemmellaro (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy. It is the type species of Sosioceras.
It was recombined as Neoaganides pygmaeus by Miller and Furnish (1957); it was recombined as Sosioceras pygmaeum by Frest et al. (1981) and Leonova (2002).
It was recombined as Neoaganides pygmaeus by Miller and Furnish (1957); it was recombined as Sosioceras pygmaeum by Frest et al. (1981) and Leonova (2002).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1888 | Brancoceras pygmaeum Gemmellaro |
| 1957 | Neoaganides pygmaeus Miller and Furnish p. 1045 figs. 2B, 3E |
| 1981 | Sosioceras pygmaeum Frest et al. p. 27 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-21; pl 5, fig 1-4; text-figs 1E,2B,14E, 16 |
| 2002 | Sosioceras pygmaeum Leonova |
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†Sosioceras pygmaeum Gemmellaro 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available