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Bitaunioceras texanum

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae

Taxonomy
Bitaunioceras texanum was named by Miller and Youngquist (1947). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 9802, S of Highway 67, Coleman, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal lime mudstone/shale in the Admiral Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Bitaunioceras texanum Miller and Youngquist p. 4 figs. Pl 1, fig 15
1949Bitaunioceras texanum Miller and Youngquist p. 31 figs. Pl 3, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoideaZhuravleva 1994
orderPseudorthocerida
familySpyroceratidaeShimizu and Obata 1935
genusBitauniocerasShimizu and Obata 1936
speciestexanum

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.

Bitaunioceras texanum Miller and Youngquist 1947
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Diagnosis
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