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Caenisites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Caenisites was named by Buckman (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Caenisites caeneus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Asteroceras by Bremer (1965).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asteroceratinae by Corna and Dommergues (1995), Macchioni et al. (2006) and Howarth (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Caenisites Buckman
1953Euasteroceras Donovan
1995Caenisites Corna and Dommergues
2002Caenisites Sepkoski
2006Caenisites Macchioni et al. p. 566
2013Caenisites Howarth p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyAsteroceratidaeSpath 1946
genusCaenisitesBuckman 1925

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. †Caenisites Buckman 1925
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Caenisites bordoti Guérin-Franiatte 1966
Caenisites brooki Sowerby 1818
Caenisites caeneus Buckman 1925
Caenisites pingue Quenstedt 1883
Caenisites plotti Reynes 1879
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Invalid names: Ammonites pseudobonnardi Spath 1923 [synonym]
Caenisites pulchellus Guerin-Franiatte 1966
Caenisites turneri Sowerby 1824
Invalid names: Euasteroceras Donovan 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available