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Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) evolutus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) evolutus was named by Besnosov (1993). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 115/3290 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tangiduval district (upper Tangiduval Fm), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in the Tangiduval Formation of Uzbekistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. minimeumbilicatus, G. subtilicostatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) evolutus Besnosov p. 146 figs. Pl 27, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
genusGracilisphinctes
subgenusGracilisphinctesBuckman 1920
speciesevolutus

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
No diagnoses are available