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Geisonoceras maclareni

Cephalopoda - Dissidocerida - Geisonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras maclareni was named by Murchison (1859) [Orthoceras Maclareni Salter in Murchison 1859]. Its type specimen is BGS GSM 105378-80, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Geisonoceras maclareni by Holland (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. socium

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Orthoceras maclareni Murchison pp. 175-176 figs. foss. gr. 24
2000Geisonoceras maclareni Holland pp. 181 - 182 figs. 1a, e, p

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderDissidoceridaZhuravleva 1964
familyGeisonoceratidaeZhuravleva 1959
genusGeisonocerasHyatt 1884
speciesmaclareni()

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.

†Geisonoceras maclareni Murchison 1859
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Diagnosis
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