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Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) christenseni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) christenseni was named by Alsen and Rawson (2005) [DISTRIBUTION: Valanginian; Greenland.]. Its type specimen is MGUH 27370, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 92, S Mols Bjerge, Traill Ø, which is in a Valanginian offshore shelf mudstone in the Palnatokes Bjerg Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) christenseni Alsen and Rawson p. 205 figs. 4A-Q, 5A,B
2006Delphinites (Pseudogarnieria) christenseni Alsen p. 120

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyPlatylenticeratinaeCasey 1973
genusDelphinitesSayn 1901
subgenusPseudogarnieria
specieschristenseni

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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