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Discophiceras

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ophiceratidae

Taxonomy
Ophiceras (Discophiceras) was named by Spath (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Indu-l Tr Indu-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302].

It was reranked as Discophiceras by Tozer (1981), Tozer (1994), Sepkoski (2002) and Zhang et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Ophiceras by Spath (1935); to Ophioceratidae by Tozer (1981); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ophiceratidae by Tozer (1994) and Zhang et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Ophiceras (Discophiceras) Spath p. 30
1981Discophiceras Tozer p. 89
1994Discophiceras Tozer p. 57
2002Discophiceras Sepkoski
2017Discophiceras Zhang et al. p. 655

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMeekocerataceaeWaagen 1895
familyOphiceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusDiscophiceras()

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.

G. †Discophiceras Spath 1935
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Discophiceras wordiei Spath 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available