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Proptychites (Discoproptychites) septentrionale

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae

Taxonomy
Meekoceras (Koninckites) septentrionale was named by Diener (1895). Its type specimen is CGM 71/596 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Discoproptychites septentrionalis by Kiparisova (1956); it was recombined as Proptychites (Discoproptychites) septentrionale by Kiparisova (1961); it was recombined as Arctoceras septentrionale by Shigeta and Zakharov (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Meekoceras (Koninckites) septentrionale Diener p. 53 figs. pl. 1, fig. 1
1956Discoproptychites septentrionalis Kiparisova p. 77
1961Proptychites (Discoproptychites) septentrionale Kiparisova p. 103 figs. pl. 23, figs. 1–4, text-figs. 63–65.
2009Arctoceras septentrionale Shigeta and Zakharov pp. 117 - 118 figs. 106, 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyArctoceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusProptychites
subgenusDiscoproptychites
speciesseptentrionale(Diener 1895)

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
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