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Mescalites

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gonioloboceratidae

Taxonomy
Mescalites was named by Furnish and Glenister (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: C Step-u P Sakm-u].

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gonioloboceratidae by Leonova (2002), Korn (2006) and Furnish et al. (2009).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Mescalites Furnish and Glenister
2002Mescalites Leonova
2002Mescalites Sepkoski
2006Mescalites Korn
2009Mescalites Furnish et al. p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGonioloboceratoidea(Spath 1934)
familyGonioloboceratidaeSpath 1934
genusMescalites

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. †Mescalites Furnish and Glenister 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available