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Cycloceras olorus

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida

Taxonomy
Orthoceras olorus was named by Hall (1879).

It was recombined as Cycloceras olorus by Bassler (1915); it was recombined as Spyroceras olorus by Troedsson (1928) and Miller et al. (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Orthoceras olorus Hall
1915Cycloceras olorus Bassler p. 326
1928Spyroceras olorus Troedsson pp. 37, 117
1954Spyroceras olorus Miller et al. p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
genusCyclocerasM'Coy 1844
speciesolorus(Hall 1879)

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Cycloceras olorus Hall 1879
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