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Ponteixites robustus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Ponteixites robustus was named by Warren (1934). Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. of Canada 8738, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Notukeu Creek [Bearpaw Fm], which is in a Campanian marine claystone/shale in the Bearpaw Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Ponteixites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Ponteixites robustus Warren p. 95
1983Ponteixites robustus Riccardi p. 43

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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
genusPonteixites
speciesrobustus

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.

Ponteixites robustus Warren 1934
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Diagnosis
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