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Edaphoceras hesperis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Koninckioceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus hesperis was named by Eichwald (1860). Its type specimen is LGU 18/130, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cherepet' River, which is in a Mississippian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Edaphoceras hesperis by Shimanskiy (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Nautilus hesperis Eichwald p. 1313 figs. Pl 45, fig 7
1967Edaphoceras hesperis Shimanskiy p. 120 fig. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyKoninckioceratidaeHyatt in Zittel 1900
genusEdaphocerasHyatt 1884
specieshesperis(Eichwald 1860)

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.

†Edaphoceras hesperis Eichwald 1860
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Diagnosis
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