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Styrites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropiceltitidae

Taxonomy
Styrites was named by Mojsisovics (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Styrites tropitiformis.

It was assigned to Tropitidae by von Mojsisovics (1896), Smith (1927) and Spath (1951); to Tropiceltitidae by Tozer (1981) and Tozer (1994); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Styrites Mojsisovics
1896Styrites von Mojsisovics
1927Styrites Smith
1951Styrites Spath p. 91
1981Styrites Tozer p. 98
1994Styrites Tozer p. 227
2002Styrites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyTropiceltitidae
genusStyritesMojsisovics 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. †Styrites Mojsisovics 1893
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Styrites communis Mojsisovics 1893
Styrites dawsoni Tozer 1994
Styrites lilangensis Arthaber 1911
Styrites tropitiformis Mojsisovics 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available