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Glaphyrites aktubensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae

Taxonomy
Glaphyrites aktubensis was named by Ruzhentsev (1950). Its type specimen is PIN 319/788, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aidaralash Creek, outcrop 8, which is in a Gzhelian marine limestone in Kazakhstan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. operosus, G. subdiscus
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2008-07-04; modified by M. Clapham on 2015-08-01

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Glaphyrites aktubensis Ruzhentsev p. 160 figs. Pl 13, figs 3-6; text-fig 67a,b
1971Glaphyrites aktubensis Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 286
1995Glaphyrites aktubensis Bogoslovskaya et al. p. 297 figs. 5.3-5.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyGlaphyritidae
subfamilyGlaphyritinae
genusGlaphyritesRuzhencev 1936
speciesaktubensis

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.

†Glaphyrites aktubensis Ruzhentsev 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available