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Phlycticeras polygonium

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Strigoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites polygonius was named by Zieten (1831).

It was recombined as Phlycticeras polygonium by Jain (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Ammonites polygonius Zieten
1873Amaltheus schaumburgi Waagen
1875Amaltheus schaumburgi Waagen p. 41 figs. PI. IX, Fig. 1 a,b,c
2017Phlycticeras polygonium Jain p. 138 figs. 11a,b, 12a-d, 13f-h,i-n

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyStrigoceratidaeBuckman 1914
genusPhlycticeras
speciespolygonium(Zieten 1831)

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.

†Phlycticeras polygonium Zieten 1831
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Invalid names: Amaltheus schaumburgi Waagen 1875 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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