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Simbirskites lecontei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Polyptychites lecontei was named by Anderson (1938) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Cretaceous; Pacific Coast, North America.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 113, Mitchell Creek, which is in a Hauterivian marine siliciclastic in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Simbirskites lecontei by Imlay (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. elatus, S. keini, S. kleini, S. progrediens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Polyptychites lecontei Anderson p. 154 figs. pl. 22, fig. 1
1960Simbirskites lecontei Imlay p. 209

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilySimbirskitinae(Pavlow 1892)
genusSimbirskitesPavlow 1891
specieslecontei()

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.

†Simbirskites lecontei Anderson 1938
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Diagnosis
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