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Tropites (Paratropites)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

Taxonomy
Tropites (Paratropites) was named by Mojsisovics (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. Its type is Tropites (Paratropites) bidichotomus.

It was reranked as Paratropites by Smith (1927), Spath (1951), Tozer (1981), Tozer (1994), Sepkoski (2002) and Lukeneder and Lukeneder (2014).

It was assigned to Tropites by Mojsisovics (1893); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tropitidae by Smith (1927), Spath (1951), Tozer (1981), Tozer (1994) and Lukeneder and Lukeneder (2014).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Tropites (Paratropites) Mojsisovics
1927Paratropites Smith
1951Paratropites Spath p. 89
1981Paratropites Tozer p. 98
1994Paratropites Tozer p. 215
2002Paratropites Sepkoski
2014Paratropites Lukeneder and Lukeneder p. 380

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyTropitidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusTropitesMojsisovics 1875
subgenusParatropitesMojsisovics 1893

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.

Subg. †Tropites (Paratropites) Mojsisovics 1893
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available