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Lithacosphinctes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Taxonomy
Lithacosphinctes was named by Oloriz (1978). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ataxioceratidae by Parent et al. (2006); and to Ataxioceratinae by Parent (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Lithacosphinctes Oloriz
2006Lithacosphinctes Parent p. 48
2006Lithacosphinctes Parent et al. p. 319

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyAtaxioceratidaeBuckman 1921
subfamilyAtaxioceratinaeBuckman 1921
genusLithacosphinctesOloriz 1978

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. †Lithacosphinctes Oloriz 1978
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Lithacosphinctes achilles d'Orbigny 1850
Lithacosphinctes janus Choffat 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available