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Tetragonites pusillus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Tetragonites pusillus was named by Shigeta and Maeda (2024). Its type specimen is NMNS PM 17242, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MK2031, Acacia River, Makarov area, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Krasnoyarka Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Tetragonites pusillus Shigeta and Maeda p. 391 figs. 3, 4, 5A-F, 6, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
genusTetragonites(Kossmat 1895)
speciespusillus

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.

†Tetragonites pusillus Shigeta and Maeda 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available