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Kingoceras achurense

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae

Taxonomy
Kingoceras achurense was named by Zakharov (1983). Its type specimen is BPI 4/813 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Akhura, Bed 4, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Akhura Formation of Azerbaijan. It is the type species of Kingoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Kingoceras achurense Zakharov p. 155 figs. Pl 15, figs 6,7
2002Kingoceras achurense Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyParaceltitidaeSpath 1930
genusKingoceras
speciesachurense

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.

†Kingoceras achurense Zakharov 1983
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Diagnosis
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