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Girtyoceras welleri

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae

Taxonomy
Girtyoceras welleri was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is WMUC 9619, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moorefield (Weller collection), which is in a Brigantian carbonate limestone in the Moorefield Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Girtyoceras welleri Gordon p. 233 figs. Pl 24, figs 14-16,23-28,33-36; text-fig 64B
1971Girtyoceras welleri Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGirtyocerataceaeWedekind 1918
familyGirtyoceratidaeWedekind 1918
genusGirtyocerasWedekind 1918
specieswelleri

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.

†Girtyoceras welleri Gordon 1964
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Diagnosis
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