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Ammonites mackayi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida

Taxonomy
Ammonites mackayi was named by Hector (1886). Its type specimen is GNS CE.794, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is V22/f8481, Mackay Collection from Middle Waipawa, which is in a Piripauan marine horizon in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Ammonites mackayi Hector p. 57 figs. Fig. 19a, no. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
genusAmmonites
speciesmackayi

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Ammonites mackayi Hector 1886
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Diagnosis
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