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Maternoceras retorquatum

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Ponticeras retorquatum was named by Glenister (1958). Its type specimen is CPC 1722, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Maternoceras retorquatum by Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Ponticeras retorquatum Glenister p. 66 figs. Pl 5, figs 2,3; text-figs 1A,2B
2002Maternoceras retorquatum Korn and Klug p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyGephuroceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyMaternoceratinae
genusMaternocerasClausen 1969
speciesretorquatum()

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.

Maternoceras retorquatum Glenister 1958
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Diagnosis
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