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Amoeboceras (Amoebites) kitchini

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cardioceras kitchini was named by Salfeld (1915). Its type specimen is BMNH 13312, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Amoeboceras (Amoebites) kitchini by Mesezhnikov (1984) and Schlegelmilch (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Cardioceras kitchini Salfeld p. 189 figs. Pl 19, figs 8-17; pl 20, figs 15,16
1925Amoebites acanthophorus Buckman figs. Pl 501, figs 1-3
1935Amoeboceras (Amoebites) irregulare Spath p. 32 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1984Amoeboceras (Amoebites) kitchini Mesezhnikov p. 89 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; pl 3, fig 6; text-fig 6
1994Amoeboceras (Amoebites) kitchini Schlegelmilch p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyPrionoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusAmoeboceras
subgenusAmoebites
specieskitchini(Salfeld 1915)

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.

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Invalid names: Amoebites acanthophorus Buckman 1925 [synonym], Amoeboceras (Amoebites) irregulare Spath 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available