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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites menu was named by Forbes (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.

It was recombined as Menuites menu by Kennedy and Summesberger (1986), Kennedy and Henderson (1992) and Kennedy et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites menu Forbes p. 111 figs. Pl 10, fig 1
1986Menuites menu Kennedy and Summesberger p. 193
1992Menuites menu Kennedy and Henderson p. 430 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-15; text-fig 6C
2007Menuites menu Kennedy et al. p. 517

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusMenuitesSpath 1922
speciesmenu()

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.

†Menuites menu Forbes 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available