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Paranorites praestans

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae

Taxonomy
Paranorites praestans was named by Spath (1934). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BMNH C. 10457. Its type locality is Virgal, "Flemingitan", Salt Range, which is in an Olenekian marine horizon in Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. ellipticus, P. kummeli, P. tzaregradskii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Paranorites praestans Spath

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNoritoidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyParanoritidaeSpath 1930
genusParanorites
speciespraestans

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.

†Paranorites praestans Spath 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available