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Silesites seranonis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Silesitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites seranonis was named by d'Orbigny (1841) [DISTRIBUTION: Aptian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Silesites.

It was recombined as Silesites seranonis by Landra et al. (2000) and Vasicek et al. (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ammonites seranonis d'Orbigny
2000Silesites seranonis Landra et al. p. 35
2013Silesites seranonis Vasicek et al. p. 51 figs. 9J-M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familySilesitidaeHyatt 1900
genusSilesitesUhlig 1883
speciesseranonis(d'Orbigny 1841)

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.

Silesites seranonis d'Orbigny 1841
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Diagnosis
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