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Tetragonites (Carinites) spathi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Tetragonites spathi was named by Fabre (1940) [DISTRIBUTION: Albian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Tetragonites (Carinites) spathi by Wright and Kennedy (1984) and Wright et al. (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. obscuratus, T. obscurum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Tetragonites spathi Fabre
1967Tetragonites spathi Murphy p. 61 figs. Pl. 5, 6 - 10
1984Tetragonites (Carinites) spathi Wright and Kennedy p. 49
1994Tetragonites spathi Kennedy p. 217
1996Tetragonites (Carinites) spathi Wright et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
genusTetragonites(Kossmat 1895)
subgenusCarinites
speciesspathi(Fabre 1940)

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
No diagnoses are available