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Melchiorites melchioris

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites melchioris was named by Tietze (1872) [DISTRIBUTION: Aptian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Melchiorites melchioris by Renz (1982), Landra et al. (2000), Szives (2007), Raisossadat (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2008-08-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Ammonites melchioris Tietze
1982Melchiorites melchioris Renz p. 23
2000Melchiorites melchioris Landra et al. p. 35
2007Melchiorites melchioris Szives p. 52 figs. Pl 3, figs 2,3,5,6; pl 13, fig 3
2024Melchiorites melchioris Raisossadat p. 12 fig. 7H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusMelchioritesSpath 1923
speciesmelchioris(Tietze 1872)

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.

Melchiorites melchioris Tietze 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available