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Glaphyrites deciensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae

Taxonomy
Paragastrioceras deciense was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lenox Hills, base of escarpment north of Wedin's ranch, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Lenox Hills Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Eoasianites deciensis by Miller and Furnish (1940); it was recombined as Glaphyrites deciensis by Leonova (2002) and Sabattini et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Paragastrioceras deciense Plummer and Scott p. 226 figs. Pl 24, fig 16
1940Eoasianites deciensis Miller and Furnish p. 79 figs. Pl 13, figs 2-5
2002Glaphyrites deciensis Leonova
2006Glaphyrites deciensis Sabattini et al. p. 1148

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyGlaphyritidae
subfamilyGlaphyritinae
genusGlaphyritesRuzhencev 1936
speciesdeciensis()

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.

Glaphyrites deciensis Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
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