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Parawocklumeria paradoxa

Cephalopoda - Clymeniida - Parawocklumeriidae

Taxonomy
Wocklumeria paradoxa was named by Wedekind (1918). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burg, Borkewehr, near Wocklum (Wedekind collection), which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Wocklum Limestone Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Parawocklumeria.

It was recombined as Parawocklumeria paradoxa by Bogoslovsky (1981), Korn (1999) and Becker (2000).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Wocklumeria paradoxa Wedekind
1960Parawocklumeria laevigata Selwood
1981Parawocklumeria paradoxa Bogoslovsky p. 106 fig. 48
1981Parawocklumeria laevigata Bogoslovsky p. 107 figs. Pl 16, figs 6-10; text-fig 50
1999Parawocklumeria paradoxa Korn figs. Pl 3, fig 2
2000Parawocklumeria paradoxa Becker p. 58 figs. Pl 4, figs 5,6; text-figs 5d-f, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderClymeniidaHyatt 1884
suborderWocklumeriinaBecker 1997
superfamilyWocklumeriaceaeSchindewolf 1937
familyParawocklumeriidaeSchindewolf 1937
genusParawocklumeriaSchindewolf 1926
speciesparadoxa(Wedekind 1918)

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.

†Parawocklumeria paradoxa Wedekind 1918
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Invalid names: Parawocklumeria laevigata Selwood 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available