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Zuercherella zuercheri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Desmoceras zuercheri was named by Jacob et al. (1906). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Zuercherella.

It was recombined as Beudanticeras zuercheri by Renz (1982); it was recombined as Zuercherella zuercheri by Casey (1954), Szives (2007) and Latil et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Desmoceras zuercheri Jacob et al. pp. pl. 9, figs. 2a-b
1954Zuercherella zuercheri Casey p. 112
1982Beudanticeras zuercheri Renz p. 22
2007Zuercherella zuercheri Szives p. 55 figs. Pl 3, figs 21-23
2023Zuercherella zuercheri Latil et al. p. 65 figs. 2-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyUhligellinae
genusZuercherella
specieszuercheri(Jacob et al. 1906)

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.

Zuercherella zuercheri Jacob et al. 1906
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Diagnosis
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