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Algericeras proratum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites proratus was named by Coquand (1879). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Prionocycloides proratus by Spath (1925) and Young (1979); it was recombined as Algericeras proratum by Kennedy and Wright (1981).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Ammonites proratus Coquand p. 32
1880Ammonites proratus Coquand
1925Prionocycloides proratus Spath
1979Prionocycloides proratus Young p. 38
1981Algericeras proratum Kennedy and Wright

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyMortoniceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusAlgericeras
speciesproratum()

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.

Algericeras proratum Coquand 1879
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Algericeras proratum paucicostatum Kennedy and Wright 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available