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Metaderoceras venustulum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Eoderoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites venustula was named by Dumortier (1869).

It was recombined as Metaderoceras venustulum by Meister (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Ammonites venustula Dumortier p. 74 figs. Pl 17, figs 4-6
1986Metaderoceras venustulum Meister p. 31 figs. Pl 3, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyEoderoceratidaeSpath 1929
subfamilyEoderoceratinaeSpath 1929
genusMetaderocerasSpath 1925
speciesvenustulum(Dumortier 1869)

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.

Metaderoceras venustulum Dumortier 1869
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Diagnosis
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