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Proniceras pronum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites pronus was named by Oppel (1868). Its type specimen is BSPG-AS/III/211, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Proniceras.

It was recombined as Proniceras pronum by Frau et al. (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Ammonites pronus Oppel p. 91 figs. Pl 15, figs 8a,b, 9a-c, 11a,b
2016Proniceras pronum Frau et al. p. 196 figs. 3Q-X

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderOlcostephaninaHaug 1910
superfamilyOlcostephanoidea(Haug 1910)
familyOlcostephanidaeHaug 1910
subfamilySpiticeratinaeSpath 1924
genusProniceras
speciespronum(Oppel 1868)

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.

Proniceras pronum Oppel 1868
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Diagnosis
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