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Parasilesites laperousianus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites laperousianus was named by Whiteaves (1876) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Based on lectotype.]. Its type specimen is GSC 4960, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Parasilesites laperousianus by McLearn (1972) and Alabushev (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Ammonites laperousianus Whiteaves p. 39 figs. pl. 3, fig. 3
1972Parasilesites laperousianus McLearn p. 55
1995Parasilesites laperousianus Alabushev figs. 7C-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilySilesitoidinaeBreistroffer 1953
genusParasilesites
specieslaperousianus(Whiteaves 1876)

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.

†Parasilesites laperousianus Whiteaves 1876
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Diagnosis
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