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Taramelliceras (Proscaphites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Proscaphites Arkell et al. p. 281
1961Taramelliceras (Proscaphites) Imlay pp. D-19
1994Taramelliceras (Proscaphites) Schlegelmilch p. 32
2002Prosaphites Sepkoski
2009Taramelliceras (Proscaphites) Quéreilhac

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyTaramelliceratinaeSpath 1928
genusTaramelliceras
subgenusProscaphites

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.

Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Quéreilhac 2009Ammonite with a typical enrollment which doesn't follow the spire and show a small straight hook before being curved abruptly and directed to the main spiral