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Dushanoceras rotalarium

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae

Taxonomy
Dushanoceras rotalarium was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 15000 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tuzishan, Dushanzhen, Guangde County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

It was recombined as Rotodiscoceras rotalarium by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Dushanoceras rotalarium Zhao et al. p. 135 figs. Pl 21, figs 10-12; text-fig 84a,b
2002Rotodiscoceras rotalarium 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)
familyPseudotirolitidaeZhao 1965
genusDushanoceras
speciesrotalarium

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.

Dushanoceras rotalarium Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
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