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Pachyrotoceras laevigatum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Anderssonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pachyrotoceras laevigatum was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14873 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dongshengling, Laoshan Mb, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Loping Formation of China.

It was recombined as Pericarinoceras laevigatum by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pachyrotoceras laevigatum Zhao et al. p. 90 figs. Pl 3, figs 10-15; text-fig 38
2002Pericarinoceras laevigatum Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderOtoceratinaShevyrev and Ermakova 1979
superfamilyOtoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyAnderssonoceratidaeRuzhencev 1959
subfamilyAnderssonoceratinaeRuzhencev 1959
genusPachyrotoceras
specieslaevigatum

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.

Pachyrotoceras laevigatum Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
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