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Amoeboceras (Amoebites) mesezhnikovi

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae

Taxonomy

Amoeboceras (Amoebites) mesezhnikovi was named by Sykes and Surlyk (1975). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 376/686 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Amoebites kapffi, A. cricki, A. damoni, A. freboldi, A. glosense, A. kochi, A. koldeweyense, A. nathorsti, A. reclinatoalternans, A. regulare, A. schulginae, A. serratum, A. talbejense, A. tuberculatoalternans, A. kitschini, A. pingueforme, A. truculentum, Cardioceras alternoides

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1975	Amoeboceras (Amoebites) mesezhnikovi Sykes and Surlyk p. 431 fig. 6F
1984	Amoeboceras (Amoebites) mesezhnikovi Mesezhnikov p. 94

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Goniatitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Tornoceratina	Wedekind 1918
superfamily	Prionoceratoidea	()
family	Prionoceratidae	Hyatt 1884
genus	Amoeboceras
subgenus	Amoebites
species	mesezhnikovi	Sykes and Surlyk 1975

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.

†Amoeboceras (Amoebites) mesezhnikovi Sykes and Surlyk 1975

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available