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Uptonia lata

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites latus was named by Parkinson (1811) [Check Ammonites jamesoni var.latus Quenstedt 1845].

It was synonymized subjectively with Schaireria neoburgensis by Checa (1985); it was recombined as Uptonia lata by Alkaya and Meister (1995) and Donovan and Surlyk (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Ammonites latus Parkinson p. 186 figs. Tab. 13, Figs 9, 12
1845Ammonites latus Quenstedt figs. Pl 4, fig 1
1863Ammonites latus Oppel p. 256
1995Uptonia lata Alkaya and Meister p. 155 figs. Pl 9, fig 1
2003Uptonia lata 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)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyPolymorphitinae
genusUptoniaBuckman 1898
specieslata(Parkinson 1811)

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.

Uptonia lata Parkinson 1811
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available