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Eleganticeras elegantulum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites elegantulus was named by Young and Bird (1828).

It was recombined as Eleganticeras elegantulum by Howarth (1962), Howarth (1992) and Bécaud (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Ammonites elegantulus Young and Bird p. 267
1843Ammonites similis Simpson p. 34
1855Ammonites rugatulus Simpson
1855Ammonites ovatulus Simpson p. 76
1913Eleganticeras pseudoelegans Buckman p. viii
1962Eleganticeras elegantulum Howarth p. 412
1962Eleganticeras rugatulum Howarth p. 413
1992Eleganticeras elegantulum Howarth p. 79 figs. Pl 7, figs 4-8; pl 8, figs 1-21; pl 9, fig 1; text-figs 16,17,18B,19A,21
2006Eleganticeras elegantulum Bécaud p. 49 figs. Pl 5, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyHarpoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusEleganticeras
specieselegantulum(Young and Bird 1828)

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.

Eleganticeras elegantulum Young and Bird 1828
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Invalid names: Ammonites ovatulus Simpson 1855 [synonym], Ammonites rugatulus Simpson 1855 [synonym], Ammonites similis Simpson 1843 [synonym], Eleganticeras pseudoelegans Buckman 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available