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Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites (Discoscaphites) angmartussutensis was named by Birkelund (1965) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Greenland.]. Its type specimen is MMH 9846, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oyster-ammonite Conglomerate loc. III, Agatdalen, Nugssuaq, which is in a Maastrichtian offshore shale in Greenland.

It was recombined as Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis by Kennedy et al. (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Scaphites (Discoscaphites) angmartussutensis Birkelund p. 124 figs. Pl 38, fig 2; pl 39, fig 1; pl 40, figs 1,2; pl 41, fig 1; pl 42, fig 1; pl 44, figs 1,2; text-figs
1999Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis Kennedy et al. pp. 13, 14

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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
genusHoploscaphitesNowak 1911
speciesangmartussutensis()

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
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