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Vascoceras silvanense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Vascoceras silvanensis was named by Choffat (1898). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Vascoceras silvanense by Benavides-Caceres (1956), Meister (1989) and Meister et al. (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Vascoceras silvanensis Choffat p. 57 figs. pl. 18, fig. 5
1956Vascoceras silvanense Benavides-Caceres p. 471
1989Vascoceras silvanense Meister p. 28 figs. Pl 11, fig 4; text-fig 19
1992Vascoceras silvanense Meister et al. p. 78 figs. Pl 8, fig 6; text-fig 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusVascocerasChoffat 1898
speciessilvanense(Choffat 1898)

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.

Vascoceras silvanense Choffat 1898
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Diagnosis
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