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Beaniceras centaurus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Liparoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites centaurus was named by d'Orbigny (1844). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.A25867 and 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 Aegoceras (Beaniceras) centaurus by Meister (1986); it was recombined as Beaniceras centaurus by Donovan and Surlyk (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Ammonites centaurus d'Orbigny p. 266 figs. Pl 76, figs 3-6
1918Beaniceras senile Buckman figs. Pl 126
1986Aegoceras (Beaniceras) centaurus Meister p. 72 figs. Pl 14, fig 3; pl 23, fig 4
1986Aegoceras (Beaniceras) senile Meister p. 74 figs. Pl 14, fig 9
2003Beaniceras centaurus Donovan and Surlyk

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyLiparoceratidaeHyatt 1867
genusBeanicerasWaagen 1869
speciescentaurus()

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.

Beaniceras centaurus d'Orbigny 1844
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Invalid names: Beaniceras senile Buckman 1918 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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