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Megalytoceratinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Megalytoceratinae Spath
2010Megalytoceratinae Hoffmann p. 51
2012Megalytoceratinae Galácz and Kassai
2023Megalytoceratinae Whicher et al. p. 232

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyMegalytoceratinaeSpath 1927
subfamilyMegalytoceratinaeSpath 1927

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.

Subfm. †Megalytoceratinae Spath 1927
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G. †Megalytoceras Buckman 1905
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Megalytoceras confusum Buckman 1881
Megalytoceras kasakovae Beznosov 1958
Megalytoceras metretum Buckman 1923
Megalytoceras rasile Vacek 1886
Megalytoceras rubescens Dumortier 1874
Megalytoceras trapeza Quenstedt 1886
Invalid names: Asapholytoceras [synonym], Metrolytoceras [synonym]
G. †Nannolytoceras Buckman 1905
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Nannolytoceras gibbosum Galácz and Kassai 2012
Nannolytoceras ilanense Stremooukhoff 1923
Nannolytoceras pygmaeum d'Orbigny 1846
Nannolytoceras subovale Buckman 1922
Invalid names: Eurystomiceras Beznosov 1958 [synonym], Polystomiceras Spath 1924 [synonym], Polystomites Spath 1931 [synonym]
G. †Perilytoceras Rulleau 1997
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Perilytoceras belmontense Rulleau 1997
Perilytoceras jurense Zieten 1833
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Invalid names: Ammonites phyllicinctus Quenstedt 1885 [synonym], Lytoceras sigaloen Buckman 1892 [synonym]
Perilytoceras perlaevis Denckmann 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available