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Maorites tenuicostatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Kossmaticeras tenuicostatum was named by Marshall (1917). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Q08/f9636, Shoreline, NE of Batley, Kaipara Harbour, which is in an Arowhanan/Haumurian marine horizon in New Zealand.

It was recombined as Maorites tenuicostatus by Marshall (1926), Henderson (1970) and Lahsen and Charrier (1972); it was recombined as Maorites tenuicostatum by Kennedy and Klinger (1985).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Kossmaticeras tenuicostatum Marshall p. 445 figs. text fig. 3
1926Maorites tenuicostatus Marshall p. 177 figs. Pl 23, figs 1,1a; pl 42, figs 1,2; pl 45, fig 1
1926Maorites suturalis Marshall p. 179 figs. Pl 23, fig 3; pl 43, fig 1; pl 45, fig 5
1953Maorites suturalis Spath p. 25 figs. Pl 5, figs 6,7
1970Maorites tenuicostatus Henderson p. 50 figs. Pl 9, figs 3,4; pl 10, fig 2
1972Maorites tenuicostatus Lahsen and Charrier p. 530 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2
1985Maorites tenuicostatum Kennedy and Klinger p. 217

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922
genusMaorites
speciestenuicostatum(Marshall 1917)

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.

Maorites tenuicostatum Marshall 1917
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Invalid names: Maorites suturalis Marshall 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available