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Shikhanoceras sphaerophorum

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae

Taxonomy
Shikhanoceras sphaerophorum was named by Shimanskiy (1954). Its type specimen is PIN 442/9408 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Shikhanoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Shikhanoceras sphaerophorum Shimanskiy p. 118 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderPseudorthocerida
familySpyroceratidaeShimizu and Obata 1935
genusShikhanoceras
speciessphaerophorum

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Shikhanoceras sphaerophorum Shimanskiy 1954
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