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Euaptetoceras amplectens

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hammatoceras amplectens was named by Buckman (1889).

It was recombined as Eudmetoceras (Euaptetoceras) amplectens by Westermann (1969) and Westermann and Riccardi (1982); it was recombined as Euaptetoceras amplectens by Sadki (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Hammatoceras amplectens Buckman
1964Witchellia aguilonia Imlay p. B35 figs. Pl 4, fig 9; pl 5, figs 4,7-9
1969Eudmetoceras (Euaptetoceras) amplectens Westermann p. 82 figs. Pl 19, fig 1; pl 20, figs a-c; pl 21, figs 1,2; text-fig 26
1982Eudmetoceras (Euaptetoceras) amplectens Westermann and Riccardi p. 30 figs. Pl 5, figs 1a,b
1994Euaptetoceras amplectens Sadki figs. Pl 2, fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHammatoceratoideaSchindewolf 1964
familyHammatoceratidaeBuckman 1887
subfamilyHammatoceratinaeBuckman 1887
genusEuaptetoceras
speciesamplectens(Buckman 1889)

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.

Euaptetoceras amplectens Buckman 1889
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Invalid names: Witchellia aguilonia Imlay 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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