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Mesobeloceras acutum

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Beloceratidae

Taxonomy
Beloceras acutum was named by Chao (1956). It is the type species of Sinobeloceras.

It was recombined as Sinobeloceras acutum by Yatskov (1990); it was recombined as Mesobeloceras acutum by Korn and Klug (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Beloceras acutum Chao p. 103
1990Chaoceras chaoi Yatskov p. 45
1990Sinobeloceras acutum Yatskov p. 46
2002Mesobeloceras acutum Korn and Klug p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyBelocerataceae
familyBeloceratidae
genusMesobeloceras
speciesacutum(Chao 1956)

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.

Mesobeloceras acutum Chao 1956
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Invalid names: Chaoceras chaoi Yatskov 1990 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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