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Acanthopleuroceras valdani

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites valdani was named by d'Orbigny (1844). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Les Cottards, nr Saint George de Poisieux, which is in a Pliensbachian marine horizon in France.

It was recombined as Acanthopleuroceras valdani by Melville (1972) and Meister (1986).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ammonites valdani d'Orbigny p. 255 figs. Pl 71, figs 1-3
1862Ammonites binotatus Oppel p. 133
1862Ammonites valdani Oppel p. 133
1972Acanthopleuroceras valdani Melville p. 23
1986Acanthopleuroceras valdani Meister p. 52 figs. Pl 9, figs 9,11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyTropidoceratinae(Hyatt 1900)
genusAcanthopleuroceras
speciesvaldani()

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.

†Acanthopleuroceras valdani d'Orbigny 1844
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Invalid names: Ammonites binotatus Oppel 1862 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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