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Eutrephoceras dekayi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus dekayi was named by Morton (1834) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian-Maastrichtian; Atlantic Coastal Plain and Western Interior Seaway.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 19484, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Eutrephoceras dekayi by Miller (1947), Wiedmann (1960), Shimansky (1975), Mapes and Evans (1995) and Landman et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Nautilus dekayi Morton p. 291 figs. pl. 8, fig. 4
1947Eutrephoceras dekayi Miller p. 26
1960Eutrephoceras dekayi Wiedmann p. 155 figs. Pl 17, figs A-C; pl 23, fig B
1975Eutrephoceras dekayi Shimansky p. 55
1995Eutrephoceras dekayi Mapes and Evans p. 785 fig. 1
2007Eutrephoceras dekayi Landman et al. p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusEutrephoceras
speciesdekayi(Morton 1834)

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.

Eutrephoceras dekayi Morton 1834
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Diagnosis
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