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Beyrichoceras hornerae

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Maxigoniatitidae

Taxonomy
Beyrichoceras hornerae was named by Miller (1947). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Streambed boulder SE of Cassville, which is in a Chadian marine chert in the Boone Formation of Missouri.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. rectangularis, B. submicronotum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Beyrichoceras hornerae Miller p. 21 figs. Pl 10, figs 4-7; text-fig 2B,3
1964Beyrichoceras hornerae Gordon p. 183 figs. Pl 17, figs 34-37; text-fig 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPericycloidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMaxigoniatitidae
genusBeyrichocerasFoord 1903
specieshorneraeMiller 1947

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.

†Beyrichoceras hornerae Miller 1947
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Diagnosis
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