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Ziyunites ziyunensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sturiidae

Taxonomy
Ziyunites ziyunensis was named by Wang (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 44485, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sample AAN14, Xinyuan, Ziyun, which is in a Spathian carbonate limestone in the Luolou Formation of China. It is the type species of Ziyunites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Ziyunites ziyunensis Wang p. 172 figs. Pl 3, figs 14-18; text-figs 10b,c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familySturiidaeKipsarova 1958
genusZiyunites
speciesziyunensis

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.

†Ziyunites ziyunensis Wang 1978
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Diagnosis
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