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Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ikorfatensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ikorfatensis was named by Birkelund (1965). Its type specimen is MMH 9815 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brudkloft at Ikorfat, northcoast of Nugssuaq, which is in a Campanian offshore shale in Greenland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. aequalis, S. aquisgranensiformis, S. reesidei, S. manasoaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ikorfatensis Birkelund p. 102 figs. Pl 24, figs 1-4; pl 25, figs 1,2; pl 26, fig 1; text-figs 59,93,121(3)

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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
genusScaphitesNowak 1911
subgenusHoploscaphites
speciesikorfatensis

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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