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Rhacophyllites

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae

Taxonomy
Rhacophyllites was named by Zittel (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-l Tr Rhae Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Phylloceras (Rhacophyllites) by De Stefani (1887).

It was assigned to Phylloceras by De Stefani (1887); to Discophyllitidae by Kummel (1960), Wiedmann (1970), Tozer (1981), Vavilov and Arkadiev (1986) and Tozer (1994); and to Phylloceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Rhacophyllites Zittel
1887Phylloceras (Rhacophyllites) De Stefani
1911Triphyllites Julien
1911Diphyllites Julien p. 129
1934Diphyllites Spath
1960Rhacophyllites Kummel
1970Rhacophyllites Wiedmann p. 982
1981Rhacophyllites Tozer p. 100
1986Rhacophyllites Vavilov and Arkadiev p. 46
1994Rhacophyllites Tozer p. 271
2002Rhacophyllites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyDiscophyllitidaeSpath 1927
genusRhacophyllitesZittel 1884

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.

G. †Rhacophyllites Zittel 1884
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Rhacophyllites bloosi Guex et al. 1998
Rhacophyllites debilis Hauer 1846
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Invalid names: Ammonites neojurensis Quenstedt 1848 [synonym]
Rhacophyllites despectus von Mojsisovics 1873
Rhacophyllites invalidus von Mojsisovics 1873
Rhacophyllites pumilus von Mojsisovics 1873
Rhacophyllites stella Sowerby 1882
Rhacophyllites zitteli von Mojsisovics 1902
Invalid names: Diphyllites Julien 1911 [synonym], Triphyllites Julien 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available