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Procladiscites elegans

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Cladiscitidae

Taxonomy
Procladiscites elegans was named by Shevyrev (1995). Its type specimen is PIN 1477/558 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tkhach River, middle branch near bridge, Phyllocladiscites-Nicomedites beds, which is in a Bithynian marine carbonate in the Acheshbok Formation of the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. martini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Procladiscites elegans Shevyrev p. 69 figs. Pl 8, figs 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyCladiscitidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyProcladiscitinae
genusProcladiscites
specieselegans

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.

†Procladiscites elegans Shevyrev 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available