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Pseudoschistoceras gigas

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Paralegoceras gigas was named by Smith (1927).

It was recombined as Pseudoschistoceras gigas by Glenister and Furnish (1961) and Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Paralegoceras gigas Smith
1961Pseudoschistoceras gigas Glenister and Furnish p. 710 figs. Pl 82, figs 1, 2; text-fig 8E
2002Pseudoschistoceras gigas Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMetalegoceratidae
subfamilyMetalegoceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusPseudoschistoceras
speciesgigas(Smith 1927)

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.

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