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Alanites obesus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Khvalynitidae

Taxonomy
Alanites obesus was named by Silberling and Nichols (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 248885 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS M533, Big Canyon, which is in a Bithynian basinal (carbonate) limestone/siliciclastic in the Prida Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Alanites obesus Silberling and Nichols p. 19 figs. Pl 28, figs 21-25; text-fig 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyKhvalynitidae()
genusAlanitesShevyrev 1968
speciesobesus

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.

†Alanites obesus Silberling and Nichols 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available