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Neosilesites nepos

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Silesitidae

Taxonomy
Silesites nepos was named by Douvillé (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Oum Rekeba, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Egypt.

It was recombined as Neosilesites nepos by Szives (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Silesites nepos Douvillé p. 109 figs. Pl. 15, Fig. 8-9
2007Neosilesites nepos Szives p. 57 figs. Pl 13, figs 2,10,12,13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familySilesitidaeHyatt 1900
genusNeosilesites
speciesnepos()

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.

†Neosilesites nepos Douvillé 1916
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Diagnosis
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