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Elrodoceras

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Actinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Elrodoceras was named by Foerste (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u S Ludl-l].

It was corrected as Eldroceras by Sepkoski (2002); it was misspelled as Elrodooceras by Holland and Copper (2008).

It was assigned to Armenoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964); to Actinocerida by Seposki (2002) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Actinoceratidae by Shuji et al. (1999) and Holland and Copper (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Elrodoceras Foerste pp. 28, 65
1964Elrodoceras Teichert et al. p. 208
1999Elrodoceras Shuji et al.
2002Eldroceras Sepkoski
2002Eldroceras Seposki
2008Elrodooceras Holland and Copper p. 1024

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyActinoceratidaeSaeman 1853
genusElrodoceras

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. †Elrodoceras Foerste 1924
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Elrodoceras blakei Foord 1888
Elrodoceras indianense Miller 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available