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Franziceras sunrisense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae

Taxonomy
Sunrisites sunrisense was named by Guex (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Level Z-110, Reno Draw section 1, which is in an Angulata marine limestone in the Sunrise Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Sunrisites.

It was recombined as Franziceras sunrisense by Howarth (2013).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2013-02-05

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Sunrisites sunrisense Guex
1995Sunrisites sunrisense Guex p. 50 figs. Pl 27, figs 9-14,19-22; text-fig 21
2013Franziceras sunrisense Howarth p. 3 fig. 1.3c,d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyPsiloceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyPsiloceratinaeHyatt 1867
genusFranzicerasBuckman 1923
speciessunrisense(Guex 1980)

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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