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Paralegoceras texanum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Schistoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites texanus was named by Shumard (1863).

It was recombined as Bendoceras texanum by Plummer and Scott (1937); it was recombined as Paralegoceras texanum by Smith (1903), Miller and Furnish (1940), McCaleb (1963), Gordon (1964) and Gordon (1964).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Goniatites texanus Shumard p. 109
1903Paralegoceras texanum Smith p. 104
1937Bendoceras texanum Plummer and Scott p. 210 figs. Pl 12, figs 1-7; text-fig 47
1937Bendoceras shumardi Plummer and Scott p. 215 figs. Pl 11, figs 8-12
1940Paralegoceras texanum Miller and Furnish p. 526 figs. Pl 62, figs 4-7
1963Paralegoceras texanum McCaleb p. 881 figs. Pl 114, figs 1-8; pl 115, figs 1-3
1964Paralegoceras texanum Gordon p. 270
1964Paralegoceras texanum Gordon, Jr. p. A22 figs. Plate 4, figure 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilySchistoceratoidea(Schmidt 1929)
familySchistoceratidaeSchmidt 1929
genusParalegocerasHyatt 1884
speciestexanum(Shumard 1863)

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.

Paralegoceras texanum Shumard 1863
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Invalid names: Bendoceras shumardi Plummer and Scott 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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