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Metapeltoceras diversiforme

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Aspidoceras diversiforme was named by Waagen (1875).

It was recombined as Metapeltoceras diversiforme by Jeannet (1951).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. armiger

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Aspidoceras diversiforme Waagen
1875Aspidoceras diversiforme Waagen p. 90 figs. Pl. XVII, Fig. 1a,b,c,d
1951Metapeltoceras diversiforme Jeannet p. 171 figs. Pl 74, fig 1; text-fig 401

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPeltoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusMetapeltoceras
speciesdiversiforme()

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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Diagnosis
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