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Placenticeras tamulicum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites tamulicus was named by Blanford (1862). Its type specimen is Mitchell Coll. 5, a shell, and it is an impression.

It was recombined as Placenticeras tamulicum by Matsumoto and Skwarko (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Ammonites tamulicus Blanford
1991Placenticeras tamulicum Matsumoto and Skwarko p. 249 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-12; pl 3, figs 5,6; text-figs 3,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyPlacenticeratidae
genusPlacenticerasMeek 1876
speciestamulicum(Blanford 1862)

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.

Placenticeras tamulicum Blanford 1862
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Diagnosis
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