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Eumedlicottia bifrons

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Medlicottia bifrons was named by Gemmellaro (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rupe del Passo di Burgio, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy. It is the type species of Eumedlicottia.

It was recombined as Eumedlicottia bifrons by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Medlicottia bifrons Gemmellaro p. 51 figs. Pl 9, figs 16-19
2002Eumedlicottia bifrons Leonova p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilyMedlicottiinae
genusEumedlicottiaSpath 1934
speciesbifrons()

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.

†Eumedlicottia bifrons Gemmellaro 1887
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Diagnosis
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