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Armenoceras nummularium

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Armenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Orthoceras nummularius was named by de Sowerby and Murchison (1839). Its type specimen is BMNH C3501, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Actinoceras nummularium by Foord (1888); it was recombined as Armenoceras nummularium by Holland (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Orthoceras nummularius de Sowerby and Murchison p. 632 figs. pl. 13 f. 24
1888Actinoceras nummularium Foord p. 176
1998Armenoceras nummularium Holland pp. 184 - 187 figs. pl. 1 f. 1, 4-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyArmenoceratidaeTroedsson 1926
genusArmenocerasFoerste 1924
speciesnummularium()

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.

Armenoceras nummularium de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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Diagnosis
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