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Torleyoceras oxyacantha

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites oxyacantha was named by Sandberger and Sandberger (1851). It is the type species of Torleyoceras.

It was recombined as Torleyoceras oxyacantha by Petersen (1975) and Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Goniatites oxyacantha Sandberger and Sandberger p. 108 figs. Pl 10, fig 3; pl 10a, figs 9,10
1975Torleyoceras oxyacantha Petersen p. 30 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-3,6; text-fig 12F, 14B
2002Torleyoceras oxyacantha Korn and Klug p. 175

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyCheiloceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyCheiloceratinaeFrech 1897
genusTorleyocerasWedekind 1918
speciesoxyacantha(Sandberger and Sandberger 1851)

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.

Torleyoceras oxyacantha Sandberger and Sandberger 1851
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Diagnosis
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