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Acanthoscaphites verneuilianus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites verneuilianus was named by d'Orbigny (1841) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Acanthoscaphites verneuilianus by Kennedy (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ammonites verneuilianus d'Orbigny p. 329 figs. pl. 98, figs. 3-5
1986Acanthoscaphites verneuilianus Kennedy p. 74

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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
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusAcanthoscaphitesNowak 1911
speciesverneuilianus(d'Orbigny 1841)

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