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Acanthoscaphites plenus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites nodosus plenus was named by Meek and Hayden (1861) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Acanthoscaphites plenus by Russell and Landes (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Scaphites nodosus plenus Meek and Hayden p. 420
1937Acanthoscaphites plenus Russell and Landes p. 178

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusAcanthoscaphitesNowak 1911
speciesplenus(Meek and Hayden 1861)

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.

†Acanthoscaphites plenus Meek and Hayden 1861
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Diagnosis
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