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Caucasites inflatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Caucasites inflatus was named by Shevyrev (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 1477/12 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Caucasites inflatus Shevyrev p. 223 figs. Pl 20, fig 2
1995Caucasites inflatus Shevyrev p. 111 figs. Pl 18, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
subfamilyJaponitinae(Tozer 1971)
genusCaucasitesShevyrev 1968
speciesinflatusShevyrev 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.

Caucasites inflatus Shevyrev 1968
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Diagnosis
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