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Corongoceras cordobai

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae

Taxonomy
Corongoceras cordobai was named by Verma and Westermann (1973). Its type specimen is McM J 1517/42, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 25 (McM-J1517), La Leona, Sierra Catorce, which is in a Tithonian carbonate limestone in the La Caja Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. aurouzei, C. koellikeri, C. nodosum, C. paucicostatum, Micracanthoceras savornini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Corongoceras cordobai Verma and Westermann p. 248 figs. Pl 52, figs 4,5; pl 53, figs 2-5; pl 54, fig 1; text-fig 28B
1989Corongoceras cordobai Myczynski p. 105 figs. Pl 11, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyHimalayitidaeSpath 1925
genusCorongoceras
speciescordobai

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.

†Corongoceras cordobai Verma and Westermann 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available