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Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) meslei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotissotia meslei was named by Peron (1896). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Choffaticeras.

It was recombined as Choffaticeras meslei by Hyatt (1903); it was recombined as Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) meslei by Chancellor et al. (1994) and Kennedy (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Pseudotissotia meslei Peron p. 33 figs. pl. 14, fig. 1
1903Choffaticeras meslei Hyatt pp. 37 - 38
1994Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) meslei Chancellor et al. p. 84
1994Choffaticeras (Choffaticeras) meslei Kennedy p. 261

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyPseudotissotiidae(Hyatt 1903)
subfamilyPseudotissotiinaeHyatt 1903
genusChoffaticeras
subgenusChoffaticerasHyatt 1903
speciesmeslei(Peron 1896)

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.

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Diagnosis
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