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Clioscaphites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Clioscaphites is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Clioscaphites montanensis.

It was assigned to Scaphitidae by Tanabe (1977); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Clioscaphites Tanabe p. 18
2002Clioscaphites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
genusClioscaphites

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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Clioscaphites vermiformis Meek and Hayden 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available