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Maorites seymourianus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Kossmaticeras (Madrasites) seymouriana was named by Kilian and Reboul (1909) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Antarctica.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Maorites seymourianus by Spath (1953) and Macellari (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Kossmaticeras (Madrasites) seymouriana Kilian and Reboul pp. 29-30 figs. pl. 14, fig. 3
1953Maorites seymourianus Spath p. 24 figs. Pl 4, figs 1a,b
1986Maorites seymourianus Macellari p. 35

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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
speciesseymourianus(Kilian and Reboul 1909)

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 seymourianus Kilian and Reboul 1909
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Diagnosis
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