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Gymnotoceras rotelliformis
Taxonomy
Gymnotoceras rotelliforme was named by Meek (1877). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Buena Vista Canon, West Humboldt Range, which is in a Bithynian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in Nevada.
It was recombined as Beyrichites rotelliformis by Smith (1904), Hyatt and Smith (1905), Smith (1914), Spath (1934) and Bando (1964); it was corrected as Gymnotoceras rotelliformis by Silberling and Nichols (1982), Dagis et al. (1996) and Monnet and Bucher (2005).
It was recombined as Beyrichites rotelliformis by Smith (1904), Hyatt and Smith (1905), Smith (1914), Spath (1934) and Bando (1964); it was corrected as Gymnotoceras rotelliformis by Silberling and Nichols (1982), Dagis et al. (1996) and Monnet and Bucher (2005).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1877 | Gymnotoceras rotelliforme Meek |
| 1904 | Beyrichites rotelliformis Smith pp. 379 - 380 figs. Plate XLV, Fig. 5; Plate XLIII, Figs. 13-14. |
| 1905 | Beyrichites rotelliformis Hyatt and Smith p. 155 figs. Pl 23, figs 1-11; pl 58, figs 1-15 |
| 1914 | Ceratites argentarius Smith |
| 1914 | Ceratites (Phillipites) argentarius Smith p. 107 figs. Pl 113, figs 1-14 |
| 1914 | Beyrichites rotelliformis Smith p. 118 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-7; pl 8, figs 1-15; pl 14, fig 9; pl 31, figs 1-6; pl 91, figs 1-10 |
| 1914 | Beyrichites tenuis Smith p. 119 figs. Pl 32, figs 1-6; pl 89, figs 15-20 |
| 1934 | Beyrichites rotelliformis Spath |
| 1934 | Beyrichites tenuis Spath |
| 1934 | Philippites argentarius Spath |
| 1964 | Beyrichites rotelliformis Bando |
| 1982 | Gymnotoceras rotelliformis Silberling and Nichols p. 26 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-27; pl 8, figs 1-5 |
| 1991 | Gymnotoceras rotelliforme Konstantinov p. 11 figs. Pl 1, figs 5,6; pl 2, fig 3; text-figs 4,5,7 |
| 1994 | Gymnotoceras smithi Tozer p. 118 figs. Pl 59, figs 12,13; text-fig 44a |
| 1996 | Gymnotoceras rotelliformis Dagis et al. p. 115 figs. Pl 58, fig 1 |
| 2005 | Gymnotoceras rotelliformis Monnet and Bucher p. 25 figs. 16,17,23,24; pl 13 |
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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.
†Gymnotoceras rotelliformis Meek 1877
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Invalid names: Beyrichites tenuis Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites (Phillipites) argentarius Smith 1914 [synonym], Ceratites argentarius Smith 1914 [synonym], Gymnotoceras smithi Tozer 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available