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Paranorites varians

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae

Taxonomy
Meekoceras varians was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West of Khoora, lowest beds of Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Paranorites varians by Shigeta and Zakharov (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Meekoceras varians Waagen p. 247 figs. Pl 29, figs 2-5
2009Paranorites varians Shigeta and Zakharov p. 112 figs. 100-102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNoritoidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyParanoritidaeSpath 1930
genusParanorites
speciesvarians()

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.

Paranorites varians Waagen 1895
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Diagnosis
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