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Clioscaphites saxitonianus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Scaphites ventricosus saxitonianus was named by McLearn (1929). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type subspecies of Billcobbanoceras.

It was recombined as Billcobbanoceras saxitonianum by Cooper (1994); it was recombined as Clioscaphites saxitonianus by Birkelund (1965) and Cobban et al. (2005).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Scaphites ventricosus saxitonianus McLearn p. 77 figs. pl. 18, figs. 103
1965Clioscaphites saxitonianus Birkelund p. 132
1994Billcobbanoceras saxitonianum Cooper p. 179
2005Clioscaphites saxitonianus Cobban et al.

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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
genusClioscaphites
speciessaxitonianus(McLearn 1929)

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
No diagnoses are available