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Griesbachites selwyni

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Juvavitidae

Taxonomy
Juvavites selwyni was named by McLearn (1940). Its type specimen is GSC 8820 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Juvavites Gully 2, Pardonet Hill (GSC 9636), which is in the Lacian of horizon the Pardonet Formation Canada.

It was recombined as Griesbachites selwyni by Tozer (1994).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2012-12-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Juvavites selwyni McLearn p. 113 figs. Pl 2, fig 3
1994Griesbachites selwyni Tozer p. 239 figs. Pl 114, figs 8a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyJuvavitidaeTozer 1971
genusGriesbachites
speciesselwyni(McLearn 1940)

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.

Griesbachites selwyni McLearn 1940
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Diagnosis
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