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Monophyllites wengensis

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites wengensis was named by Klipstein (1843). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wengen (Klipstein coll), which is in a Longobardian carbonate limestone in the Wengen Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Lytoceras wengense by von Mojsisovics (1873); it was recombined as Monophyllites wengensis by von Mojsisovics (1882), Ogilvie Gordon (1927), Spath (1934), Bando (1964), Fantini Sestini (1994), Shevyrev (1995) and Fantini Sestini (1996).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Ammonites wengensis Klipstein p. 120 figs. Pl 6, fig 11
1870Phylloceras boeckhi Mojsisovics p. 110 figs. Pl 5, fig 7
1873Lytoceras wengense von Mojsisovics
1882Monophyllites wengensis von Mojsisovics
1927Monophyllites wengensis Ogilvie Gordon
1934Monophyllites wengensis Spath
1964Monophyllites wengensis Bando p. 116 figs. Pl 9, figs 1,2
1994Monophyllites wengensis Fantini Sestini
1995Monophyllites wengensis Shevyrev p. 138 figs. Pl 24, fig 2
1996Monophyllites wengensis Fantini Sestini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyUssuritidaeHyatt 1900
genusMonophyllitesMojsisovics 1879
specieswengensis()

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.

Monophyllites wengensis Klipstein 1843
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Invalid names: Phylloceras boeckhi Mojsisovics 1870 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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