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Trachyceras acutocostatum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites acutocostatus was named by Klipstein (1843). Its type specimen is BMNH C.35970a and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Klipstein BMNH coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Trachyceras acutocostatum by von Mojsisovics (1882); it was recombined as Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) acutocostatum by Arthaber (1915).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. acutecostatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Ammonites acutocostatus Klipstein p. 121 figs. Pl 6, fig 13
1882Trachyceras acutocostatum von Mojsisovics
1915Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) acutocostatum Arthaber

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
subfamilyTrachyceratinaeHaug 1894
genusTrachycerasLaube 1869
speciesacutocostatum()

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.

†Trachyceras acutocostatum Klipstein 1843
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Diagnosis
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