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Mesocladiscites caucasius

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Cladiscitidae

Taxonomy
Mesocladiscites caucasius was named by Shevyrev (1968). Its type specimen is PIN 1477/352 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 Mesocladiscites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Mesocladiscites caucasius Shevyrev p. 201 figs. Pl 16, fig 4
1982Mesocladiscites caucasicus Gamsjäger p. 21
1995Mesocladiscites caucasius Shevyrev p. 72 figs. Pl 9, 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
genusMesocladiscitesShevyrev 1968
speciescaucasiusShevyrev 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.

†Mesocladiscites caucasius Shevyrev 1968
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Diagnosis
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