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Orthechioceras edmundi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites edmundi was named by Dumortier (1867). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Plesechioceras edmundi by Rakús and Guex (2002); it was recombined as Orthechioceras edmundi by Zaitsev and Ippolitov (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Ammonites edmundi Dumortier
2002Plesechioceras edmundi Rakús and Guex p. 88 figs. Pl 7, fig 6
2023Orthechioceras edmundi Zaitsev and Ippolitov p. 252 figs. Pl 7, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyEchioceratidaeBuckman 1913
genusOrthechiocerasTrueman and Williams 1925
speciesedmundi(Dumortier 1867)

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.

Orthechioceras edmundi Dumortier 1867
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Diagnosis
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