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Dirrymoceras simplex

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae

Taxonomy
Ancyloceras simplex was named by d'Orbigny (1842). Its type specimen is MNHN R04338, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Dirrymoceras.

It was recombined as Crioceras simplex by Douvillé (1916); it was recombined as Dirrymoceras simplex by Hyatt (1900) and Arkell et al. (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ancyloceras simplex d'Orbigny p. 503 figs. Pl. 125, Fig. 5-8
1842Ancyloceras simplex d'Orbigny p. 503 figs. Pl. 125, Fig. 5-8
1900Dirrymoceras simplex Hyatt p. 586
1916Crioceras simplex Douvillé p. 114 figs. Pl. 15, Fig. 5
1957Dirrymoceras simplex Arkell et al. p. L211

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyAncyloceratidaeGill 1871
subfamilyAncyloceratinaeGill 1871
genusDirrymoceras
speciessimplex()

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Dirrymoceras simplex d'Orbigny 1842
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Diagnosis
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