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Platypleuroceras brevispina

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites brevispina was named by Sowerby (1827).

It was recombined as Aegoceras brevispina by Wright (1880); it was recombined as Platypleuroceras brevispina by Bremer (1965), Meister (1986), Donovan and Surlyk (2003), Meister and Friebe (2003) and Edmunds et al. (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Ammonites brevispina Sowerby p. 106 figs. Pl 556, fig 1
1880Aegoceras brevispina Wright
1885Ammonites amplinatrix Quenstedt
1925Platypleuroceras brevispinoides Tutcher and Trueman p. 649 figs. Pl 40, fig 2; text-fig 16c
1965Platypleuroceras brevispina Bremer
1979Platypleuroceras amplinatrix Dommergues
1986Platypleuroceras brevispina Meister p. 33 figs. Pl 3, fig 2
1986Platypleuroceras brevispinoides Meister p. 34 figs. Pl 3, figs 3,4; pl 4, figs 2,3
2003Platypleuroceras brevispina Donovan and Surlyk
2003Platypleuroceras brevispina Edmunds et al. fig. 20.4
2003Platypleuroceras amplinatrix Meister and Friebe
2003Platypleuroceras brevispina Meister and Friebe
2003Platypleuroceras brevispinoides Meister and Friebe

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyPolymorphitinae
genusPlatypleurocerasHyatt 1867
speciesbrevispina(Sowerby 1827)

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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Invalid names: Ammonites amplinatrix Quenstedt 1885 [synonym], Platypleuroceras brevispinoides Tutcher and Trueman 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available