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Hoploscaphites comprimus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites (Ammonites) comprimus was named by Owen (1852). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hoploscaphites comprimus by Landman and Waage (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Scaphites (Ammonites) comprimus Owen p. 580 figs. pl. 7, fig. 4
1993Hoploscaphites comprimus Landman and Waage p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
genusHoploscaphitesNowak 1911
speciescomprimus(Owen 1852)

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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