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Aconeceras (Gyaloceras) smithi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Gyaloceras smithi was named by Whitehouse (1927). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Walsh River [Roma Series], which is in an Aptian marine claystone in Australia.

It was recombined as Aconeceras (Gyaloceras) smithi by Wright et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Gyaloceras smithi Whitehouse
1955Gyaloceras smithi Reyment p. 15
1996Aconeceras (Gyaloceras) smithi Wright et al. p. 14 fig. 9.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyAconeceratinae(Spath 1923)
genusAconeceras
subgenusGyaloceras()
speciessmithi(Whitehouse 1927)

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.

†Aconeceras (Gyaloceras) smithi Whitehouse 1927
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