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Hengestites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Taxonomy
Hengestites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Placenticeratidae by Wright et al. (1996) and Mosavinia et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Hengestites Wright et al. p. 126
2002Hengestites Sepkoski
2014Hengestites Mosavinia et al. p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyPlacenticeratidae
genusHengestites

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