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Prototoceras simplex

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae

Taxonomy
Prototoceras simplex was named by Qin (1986). Its type specimen is Geological Bureau of Jiangxi Dong49 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dongshenling, Middle Member, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Loping Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Prototoceras simplex Qin p. 279 figs. Pl 1, figs 4-6; text-fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderOtoceratinaShevyrev and Ermakova 1979
superfamilyOtoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyAraxoceratidaeRuzhencev 1959
subfamilyAraxoceratinaeRuzhencev 1959
genusPrototocerasSpath 1930
speciessimplex

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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Diagnosis
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