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Gastrioceras occidentale

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gastrioceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites occidentalis was named by Miller and Faber (1892).

It was recombined as Gastrioceras occidentale by Smith (1903) and Plummer and Scott (1937).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Goniatites occidentalis Miller and Faber p. 166 figs. Pl 6, figs 6, 7
1903Gastrioceras occidentale Smith p. 96 figs. Pl 8, figs 6,7
1937Gastrioceras occidentale Plummer and Scott p. 241 figs. Pl 13, figs 19-23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyGastrioceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusGastriocerasHyatt 1884
speciesoccidentale(Miller and Faber 1892)

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.

Gastrioceras occidentale Miller and Faber 1892
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Diagnosis
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