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Tarrantoceras cuspidum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoceras cuspidum was named by Stephenson (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 105974, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tarrantoceras cuspidum by Kennedy and Cobban (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Acanthoceras cuspidum Stephenson p. 202 figs. Pl 50, figs 1-4
1990Tarrantoceras cuspidum Kennedy and Cobban p. 392 figs. Pl 3, figs 8-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusTarrantoceras
speciescuspidum(Stephenson 1953)

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.

Tarrantoceras cuspidum Stephenson 1953
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Diagnosis
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