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Proteusites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proteusitidae

Taxonomy
Proteusites was named by Hauer (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Proteusites kellneri. It is the type genus of Proteusitidae.

It was assigned to Proteusitidae by Spath (1951) and Tozer (1981); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Proteusites Hauer
1951Proteusites Spath p. 31
1981Proteusites Tozer p. 95
2002Proteusites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNathorstitaceaeSpath 1951
familyProteusitidae
genusProteusitesHauer 1887

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. †Proteusites Hauer 1887
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Proteusites fergusoni Bucher 1992
Proteusites kellneri Hauer 1887
Proteusites weitschati Bucher 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available