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Menabites (Menabites) menabensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Menabites menabensis was named by Collignon (1948). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Menabites, Menabites (Menabites).

It was recombined as Menabites (Menabites) menabensis by Kennedy and Cobban (1993) and Kennedy et al. (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Menabites menabensis Collignon p. 7 figs. pl. 17, figs. 3, 4
1993Menabites (Menabites) menabensis Kennedy and Cobban p. 836
1997Menabites (Menabites) menabensis Kennedy et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusMenabitesCollignon 1948
subgenusMenabitesCollignon 1948
speciesmenabensis(Collignon 1948)

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.

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Diagnosis
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