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Meginoceras meginae

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Steinmannites (Meginoceras) meginae was named by McLearn (1930). Its type specimen is GSC 9042 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Meginoceras.

It was recombined as Meginoceras meginae by Tozer (1994) and Gómez-Luna et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Steinmannites (Meginoceras) meginae McLearn p. 4 figs. Pl 1, figs 7,8
1994Meginoceras meginae Tozer p. 148 figs. Pl 73, figs 13-15; text-figs 56b,c
1998Meginoceras meginae Gómez-Luna et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
subfamilyArpaditinaeHyatt 1900
genusMeginocerasMcLearn 1930
speciesmeginae(McLearn 1930)

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.

†Meginoceras meginae McLearn 1930
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Diagnosis
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