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Cheiloceras

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cheiloceratidae

Taxonomy
Cheiloceras was named by Frech (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-l D Fame-m Sepkoski's reference number: 302,1042]. It is not extant. Its type is Goniatites subpartitus. It is the type genus of Cheiloceratidae, Cheiloceratinae.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheiloceratinae by Korn and Klug (2002) and Korn (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Cheiloceras Frech
1921Eucheiloceras Schmidt
2002Cheiloceras Korn and Klug p. 178
2002Cheiloceras Sepkoski
2006Cheiloceras Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyCheiloceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyCheiloceratinaeFrech 1897
genusCheilocerasFrech 1897

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.

G. †Cheiloceras Frech 1897
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Subg. †Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) Frech 1897
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†Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) amblylobum Sandberger and Sandberger 1851
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras globulare Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
†Cheiloceras (Cheiloceras) sacculus Sandberger and Sandberger 1851
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras arcuatuvaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras atavum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras avaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras sinuvaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym], Cheiloceras subsinuvaricatum Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
Subg. †Cheiloceras (Compactoceras) Becker 2002
†Cheiloceras artum Bogoslovsky 1971
†Cheiloceras bogoslovskyi Becker 1990
†Cheiloceras depressum Sobolew 1914
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras lenticulare Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
†Cheiloceras evolutum Becker 1993
†Cheiloceras hamolobum Becker 1993
†Cheiloceras ovatolobum Babin 1966
†Cheiloceras sacculum Sandberger 1851
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Invalid names: Cheiloceras praeglobosum Sobolew 1914 [synonym]
†Cheiloceras subcostatum Sobolew 1914
Invalid names: Eucheiloceras Schmidt 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available