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Pleurolytoceras dilucidum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites dilucidus was named by Oppel (1856).

It was recombined as Pachylytoceras dilucidum by Schulbert (2001); it was recombined as Pleurolytoceras dilucidum by Whicher et al. (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Ammonites dilucidus Oppel
1858Ammonites penicillatus Quenstedt
2001Pachylytoceras dilucidum Schulbert p. 48 figs. Pl 2, figs 2,3; pl 3, figs 1,2; pl 4, figs 1,7
2023Pleurolytoceras dilucidum Whicher et al. p. 225 figs. 8a; 10a,b,c1-2,d1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyAlocolytoceratinaeSpath 1927
genusPleurolytoceras
speciesdilucidum(Oppel 1856)

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: Ammonites penicillatus Quenstedt 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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