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Pentagonoceras guizhouense

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pentagonoceras guizhouense was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14939 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lijiachong, Lindai, Bed 2, Qingzhen County, which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. guizhouensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pentagonoceras guizhouense Zhao et al. p. 157 figs. Pl 30, figs 15,16; text-fig 103b
2002Pentagonoceras guizhouense 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)
familyPleuronodoceratidae
genusPentagonoceras
speciesguizhouense

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.

†Pentagonoceras guizhouense Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
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