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Eoprotrachyceras lahontanum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) lahontanum was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (subasperum), which is in a Fassanian marine limestone in Nevada.

It was recombined as Eoprotrachyceras lahontanum by Tozer (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) lahontanum Smith p. 135 figs. Pl 85, figs 1-5
1980Eoprotrachyceras lahontanum Tozer p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
subfamilyProtrachyceratinaeTozer 1971
genusEoprotrachyceras
specieslahontanum()

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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