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Alanites visendus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Khvalynitidae

Taxonomy
Alanites visendus was named by Shevyrev (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 1477/296 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tkhach River, left source, Laboceras-Megaphyllites beds, which is in a Bithynian marine carbonate in the Acheshbok Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Alanites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Alanites visendus Shevyrev p. 187 figs. Pl 15, fig 3
1995Alanites visendus Shevyrev p. 41 figs. Pl 4, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyKhvalynitidae()
genusAlanitesShevyrev 1968
speciesvisendusShevyrev 1968

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.

†Alanites visendus Shevyrev 1968
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Diagnosis
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