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Calliphylloceras nizinanum

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Calliphylloceras nizinanum was named by Imlay (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 130138, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alaska, Kennicott Formation, USGS Mes. loc. 9492, which is in an Albian marginal marine sandstone in Alaska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. aldersoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Calliphylloceras nizinanum Imlay p. 99 figs. pl. 11, figs. 6-12
1972Calliphylloceras nizinanum McLearn p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyCalliphylloceratinaeSpath 1927
genusCalliphyllocerasSpath 1927
speciesnizinanum

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.

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Diagnosis
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