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Protobactrites

Cephalopoda - Protobactritidae

Taxonomy
Protobactrites was named by Hyatt (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi-l S Ludl-u Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. Its type is Orthoceras styloideum. It is the type genus of Protobactritidae.

It was assigned to Protobactritidae by Chen et al. (1981); to Orthoceratidae by Crick (1981); and to Orthocerida by Teichert et al. (1964) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Protobactrites Hyatt p. 518
1964Protobactrites Teichert et al. p. 260
1981Protobactrites Chen et al. p. 27
1981Protobactrites Crick p. 228
2002Protobactrites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
familyProtobactritidae
genusProtobactrites

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.

G. †Protobactrites Hyatt 1900
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Protobactrites clinatus Chen et al. 1981
Protobactrites compressus Chen et al. 1981
Protobactrites densus Chen et al. 1981
Protobactrites heshuiensis Chen et al. 1981
Protobactrites leijitunensis Chen et al. 1981
Protobactrites loumianensis Chen et al. 1981
Protobactrites rectus Chen et al. 1981
Protobactrites rongxiensis Chen et al. 1981
Protobactrites styloideum Barrande 1874
Protobactrites subquadratus Chen et al. 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available