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Physodoceras widerai

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Physodoceras widerai was named by Scherzinger et al. (2018). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Liptingen quarry (KWV-Jura-Steinwerke), bed 15a, which is in a Tithonian carbonate limestone in the Hangende–Bankkalke Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. avellanum, P. circumspinum, P. cyclotum, P. hoplisum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Physodoceras widerai Scherzinger et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
genusPhysodoceras
specieswiderai

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.

†Physodoceras widerai Scherzinger et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available