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Leconteites deansi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Olcostephanus (Astieria) deansi was named by Whiteaves (1893). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Leconteites deansi by Imlay (1960), Jones et al. (1965) and Alabushev (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Olcostephanus (Astieria) deansi Whiteaves pp. 442-444 figs. pl. 7, figs. 1, 1a
1960Leconteites deansi Imlay p. 109
1965Leconteites deansi Jones et al. p. F14 figs. Plate 6, figures 10, 11, 15, 16
1995Leconteites deansi Alabushev fig. 9A

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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
subfamilyUhligellinae
genusLeconteites
speciesdeansi(Whiteaves 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.

Leconteites deansi Whiteaves 1893
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Diagnosis
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