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Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites athleta was named by Phillips (1829).

It was recombined as Peltoceras athleta by Waagen (1875), Jeannet (1951) and Parent (2006); it was recombined as Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta by Jain (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. ponderosum, P. pseudotorosum, P. pachygaster, P. williamsoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Ammonites athleta Phillips figs. Pl. 6, Fig 19
1875Peltoceras athleta Waagen p. 81
1951Peltoceras athleta Jeannet p. 165 figs. Pl 72, figs 1,2; text-figs 390, 391
2006Peltoceras athleta Parent p. 24
2017Peltoceras (Peltoceras) athleta Jain p. 146 fig. 23b,c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPeltoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusPeltoceras
subgenusPeltocerasWaagen 1871
speciesathleta(Phillips 1829)

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.

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Diagnosis
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