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Girtyoceras meslerianum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Girtyoceratidae

Taxonomy
Adelphoceras meslerianum was named by Girty (1909).

It was recombined as Girtyoceras meslerianum by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971) and Korn and Titus (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Adelphoceras meslerianum Girty p. 66 figs. Pl 12, figs 1-3
1923Girtyoceras postmeslerianum Bruning
1924Dryochoceras brainerdi Morgan
1937Adelphoceras meslerianum Plummer and Scott p. 174 figs. Pl 38, figs 17, 18; text-fig 36
1971Girtyoceras meslerianum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 169
2015Girtyoceras meslerianum Korn and Titus p. 88 fig. 6,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGirtyocerataceaeWedekind 1918
familyGirtyoceratidaeWedekind 1918
genusGirtyocerasWedekind 1918
speciesmeslerianum(Girty 1909)

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: Dryochoceras brainerdi Morgan 1924 [synonym], Girtyoceras postmeslerianum Bruning 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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