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Melchiorites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Melchiorites was named by Spath (1923) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti-l K Apti-u].

It was assigned to Beudanticeratinae by Renz (1982); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Puzosiinae by Förster and Weier (1983), Landra et al. (2000) and Szives (2007).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Melchiorites Spath
1982Melchiorites Renz p. 23
1983Melchiorites Förster and Weier p. 59
2000Melchiorites Landra et al. p. 35
2002Melchiorites Sepkoski
2007Melchiorites Szives p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusMelchioritesSpath 1923

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. †Melchiorites Spath 1923
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Melchiorites emerici Raspail 1831
Melchiorites haugi Kilian 1910
Melchiorites indigenes Anderson 1938
Melchiorites melchioris Tietze 1872
Melchiorites shastensis Anderson 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available