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Hoploscaphites indicus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites indicus was named by Forbes (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.

It was recombined as Hoploscaphites indicus by Kennedy and Henderson (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites indicus Forbes p. 114
1992Hoploscaphites indicus Kennedy and Henderson p. 387

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
genusHoploscaphitesNowak 1911
speciesindicus()

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.

†Hoploscaphites indicus Forbes 1846
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Diagnosis
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