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Atractites solidus

Cephalopoda - Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae

Taxonomy
Atractites solidus was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. boecki, A. crassirostris, A. macilentus, A. obelisco, A. pusillus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Atractites solidus Smith p. 140 figs. Pl 96, figs 1-5
1982Atractites solidus Silberling and Nichols p. 64 figs. Pl 34, figs 12-25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderAulacoceratidaStolley 1919
familyXiphoteuthididae(Naef 1922)
genusAtractitesGuembel 1861
speciessolidus

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.

†Atractites solidus Smith 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available