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Mimosphinctes

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Mimosphinctidae

Taxonomy
Mimosphinctes was named by Eichenberg (1931) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-l D Emsi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302,457]. It is not extant. Its type is Mimosphinctes tripartitus. It is the type genus of Mimosphinctaceae, Mimosphinctidae, Mimosphinctinae.

It was assigned to Anarcestida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mimosphinctinae by Arkell et al. (1957), Korn and Klug (2002) and Korn (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Mimosphinctes Eichenberg
1957Mimosphinctes Arkell et al. p. 30
2002Mimosphinctes Korn and Klug p. 63
2002Mimosphinctes Sepkoski
2006Mimosphinctes Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderAgoniatitinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyMimosphinctaceaeErben 1953
familyMimosphinctidaeErben 1953
subfamilyMimosphinctinaeErben 1953
genusMimosphinctesEichenberg 1931

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.

G. †Mimosphinctes Eichenberg 1931
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Mimosphinctes bipartitus Eichenberg 1931
Mimosphinctes cantabricus Kullmann 1960
Mimosphinctes erbeni Bogoslovsky 1980
Mimosphinctes rudicostatus Bogoslovsky 1980
Mimosphinctes tenuicostatus Bogoslovsky 1963
Mimosphinctes tripartitus Eichenberg 1931
Mimosphinctes zlichovensis Chlupac and Turek 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available