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Protexanites thompsoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Protexanites thompsoni was named by Jones (1966). Its type specimen is USNM 132930a, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is USGS Loc. M2316, Putah Creek [Funks Fm], which is in a Coniacian marine shale in the Funks Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. planatus, P. shoshonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Protexanites thompsoni Jones pp. 200-201 figs. pl. 26, figs. 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusProtexanitesMatsumoto 1955
speciesthompsoni

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.

†Protexanites thompsoni Jones 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available