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Pentagonoceras guangyuanense

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pentagonoceras guangyuanense was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14942 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mao'ertang Section, Dalong Fm, Shangsi, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water siliciclastic in the Dalong Formation of China.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pentagonoceras guangyuanense Zhao et al. p. 158 figs. Pl 30, figs 4,5; text-fig 103a
2002Pentagonoceras guangyuanense 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
speciesguangyuanense

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 guangyuanense Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
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