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Sizilites affinis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae

Taxonomy
Adrianites affinis was named by Gemmellaro (1888). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy. It is the type species of Sizilites.

It was recombined as Sizilites affinis by Vasicek and Kullmann (1988) and Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Adrianites affinis Gemmellaro p. 22 figs. Pl D, figs 6,7
1988Sizilites affinis Vasicek and Kullmann p. 101 figs. Pl 1, fig 7; text-fig 1D
2002Sizilites affinis Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyAdrianitoidea(Schindewolf 1931)
familyAdrianitidaeSchindewolf 1931
subfamilyAdrianitinaeSchindewolf 1931
genusSizilitesToumansky 1937
speciesaffinis()

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.

Sizilites affinis Gemmellaro 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available