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Japonites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Japonitidae

Taxonomy
Japonites was named by Mojsisovics (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis Sepkoski's reference number: 302].

It was assigned to Gymnitidae by Spath (1951); to Japonitinae by Tozer (1994); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Japonitidae by Tozer (1981), Vörös (2018) and Ehiro (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Japonites Mojsisovics
1951Japonites Spath p. 171
1981Japonites Tozer p. 93
1994Japonites Tozer p. 126
2002Japonites Sepkoski
2018Japonites Vörös p. 134
2022Japonites Ehiro p. 145

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyJaponitidaeTozer 1971
genusJaponitesMojsisovics 1893

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. †Japonites Mojsisovics 1893
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Japonites asseretoi Fantini Sestini 1981
Japonites dieneri Martelli 1904
Japonites kirata Diener 1895
Japonites labaensis Robinson 1947
Japonites meridianus Welter 1915
Japonites planiplicatus von Mojsisovics 1888
Japonites readi Tozer 1994
Japonites starensis Bucher 1989
Japonites surgriva Diener 1895
Japonites welteri Bucher 1989
Japonites wrighti Tozer 1994
Japonites ziyunensis Wang 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available