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Libycoceras ismaelis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Sphenodiscus ismaelis was named by Zittel (1884). It is the type species of Libycoceras.

It was recombined as Libycoceras ismaele by Hyatt (1903); it was recombined as Libycoceras ismaeli by Al-Harithi and Ibrahim (1992); it was recombined as Libycoceras ismaelis by Hyatt (1900) and Hewaidy et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Sphenodiscus ismaelis Zittel
1900Libycoceras ismaelis Hyatt p. 585
1903Libycoceras ismaele Hyatt p. 58
1992Libycoceras ismaeli Al-Harithi and Ibrahim p. 432 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
2019Libycoceras ismaelis Hewaidy et al. p. 56 figs. 9A1-A2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familySphenodiscidae
genusLibycoceras
speciesismaelis(Zittel 1884)

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.

Libycoceras ismaelis Zittel 1884
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Diagnosis
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