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Macroscaphites

Cephalopoda - Macroscaphitidae

Taxonomy
Macroscaphites was named by Meek (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr K Turo Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is the type genus of Macroscaphitidae.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Macroscaphitidae by Renz (1982), Landra et al. (2000), Klein et al. (2007) and Kennedy et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Macroscaphites Meek
1982Macroscaphites Renz p. 20
2000Macroscaphites Landra et al. p. 40
2002Macroscaphites Sepkoski
2007Macroscaphites Klein et al. p. 293
2009Macroscaphites Kennedy et al. p. 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
superfamilyPtychoceratoideaGill 1871
familyMacroscaphitidaeHyatt 1900
genusMacroscaphitesMeek 1876

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.

G. †Macroscaphites Meek 1876
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Macroscaphites soaresi Da Silva 1962
Macroscaphites yvani Puzos 1831
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available