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Aulacosphinctes jenkinsi

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Himalayitidae

Taxonomy
Aulacosphinctes jenkinsi was named by Anderson (1945). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic loc. M2253, Watson Creek, which is in a Tithonian marine sandstone in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Aulacosphinctes jenkinsi Anderson p. 979 figs. Plate 13, figure 3
1970Aulacosphinctes jenkinsi Imlay and Jones p. B47 figs. Plate 12, figures 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyHimalayitidaeSpath 1925
genusAulacosphinctes
speciesjenkinsi

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.

Aulacosphinctes jenkinsi Anderson 1945
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