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Ermoceras (Kosmermoceras) elegans

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ermoceras elegans was named by Douvillé (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Bajocian black limestone), which is in a Bajocian carbonate limestone in Egypt.

It was recombined as Ermoceras (Kosmermoceras) elegans by Arkell (1952).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. mogharensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Ermoceras elegans Douvillé p. 18 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 3-4
1952Ermoceras (Kosmermoceras) elegans Arkell p. 277 figs. Pl 22, figs 5,6; pl 23, figs 3,5,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
genusErmoceras
subgenusKosmermoceras
specieselegans()

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available