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Billingsites canadensis

Cephalopoda - Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ascoceras canadense was named by Billings (1857).

It was recombined as Billingsites canadense by Hyatt (1884); it was recombined as Billingsites canadensis by Twenhofel (1928) and Nelson (1963).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. borealis, B. keatingi, B. williamsportensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Ascoceras canadense Billings p. 310
1884Billingsites canadense Hyatt p. 278
1928Billingsites canadensis Twenhofel pp. 260 - 261 figs. Plate XL, figure 3
1963Billingsites canadensis Nelson p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderAscoceridaKuhn 1949
familyAscoceratidaeBarrande 1867
genusBillingsitesHyatt 1864
speciescanadensis(Billings 1857)

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.

†Billingsites canadensis Billings 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available