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Neoicoceras elkhornense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Neoicoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites elkhornensis was named by Miller and Gurley (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elkhorn Creek, which is in a Bashkirian marine siliciclastic in Kentucky.

It was recombined as Neoicoceras elkhornense by Hyatt (1900), Plummer and Scott (1937) and Nassichuk (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Goniatites elkhornensis Miller and Gurley p. 37 figs. Pl 4, figs 9-11
1900Neoicoceras elkhornense Hyatt p. 550
1937Neoicoceras elkhornense Plummer and Scott p. 180 figs. Pl 38, figs 1-3; text-fig 39
1975Neoicoceras elkhornense Nassichuk p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyNeoicoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusNeoicocerasHyatt 1900
specieselkhornense()

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.

Neoicoceras elkhornense Miller and Gurley 1896
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Diagnosis
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