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Morphoceras macrescens

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Morphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Patemorphoceras macrescens was named by Buckman (1923).

It was recombined as Morphoceras macrescens by Besnosov and Mitta (1993), Zatoń (2010), Dietze et al. (2014) and Majidifard (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Patemorphoceras macrescens Buckman
1993Morphoceras macrescens Besnosov and Mitta p. 235 figs. Pl 53, fig 5
2010Morphoceras macrescens Zatoń p. 162 figs. Pl 12H, 13C; text-fig 14
2014Morphoceras macrescens Dietze et al. p. 18 figs. Pl 1, figs 7,10-12
2015Morphoceras macrescens Majidifard p. 34 figs. 4.6a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyMorphoceratidae
genusMorphoceras
speciesmacrescens(Buckman 1923)

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.

Morphoceras macrescens Buckman 1923
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Diagnosis
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