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Paraceltites hunanensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae

Taxonomy
Paraceltites hunanensis was named by Xu (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chenzhou railway station, Chenxian County, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Dangchong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Paraceltites hunanensis Xu p. 575 figs. Pl 216, figs 4,5
2002Paraceltites hunanensis Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyParaceltitidaeSpath 1930
genusParaceltites
specieshunanensis

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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