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Amapondella amapondense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Heteroceras amapondense was named by van Hoepen (1921) [DISTRIBUTION: Santonian-Campanian; South Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Eubostrychoceras (Amapondella).

It was recombined as Hyphantoceras (Madagascarites) amapondense by Summesberger (1979), Summesberger (1980) and Klinger (1985); it was recombined as Hyphantoceras amapondense by Kennedy (1995); it was recombined as Amapondella amapondense by Haggart and Graham (2018) and Shigeta and Izukura (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Heteroceras amapondense van Hoepen p. 17 figs. pl. 4, figs. 1-2
1969Anaklinoceras stephensoni Collignon
1979Hyphantoceras (Madagascarites) amapondense Summesberger p. 123 figs. Pl 3, fig 19; text-fig 13
1980Hyphantoceras (Madagascarites) amapondense Summesberger p. 277 figs. Pl 1, fig 2; text-fig 3
1985Hyphantoceras (Madagascarites) amapondense Klinger p. 6
1995Hyphantoceras amapondense Kennedy p. 428 figs. Pl 28, figs 24-30
2018Amapondella amapondense Haggart and Graham fig. 5
2022Amapondella amapondense Shigeta and Izukura p. 371 figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusAmapondella(Kennedy and Klinger 1997)
speciesamapondense(van Hoepen 1921)

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.

Amapondella amapondense van Hoepen 1921
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Invalid names: Anaklinoceras stephensoni Collignon 1969 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available