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Dimorphoceras politum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Dimorphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites politus was named by Shumard (1858).

It was recombined as Dimorphoceras politum by Plummer and Scott (1937) and Miller and Owen (1939).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. discrepans

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Goniatites politus Shumard p. 199
1937Dimorphoceras politum Plummer and Scott p. 339 figs. Pl 40, figs 10-14
1939Dimorphoceras politum Miller and Owen p. 158 figs. Pl 20, figs 10-17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDimorphoceratoidea()
familyDimorphoceratidae
subfamilyDimorphoceratinae
genusDimorphocerasHyatt 1883
speciespolitum(Shumard 1858)

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.

†Dimorphoceras politum Shumard 1858
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Diagnosis
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