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Preflorianites strongi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae

Taxonomy
Danubites strongi was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Union Wash, Meekoceras bed, Inyo Range, which is in a Smithian slope limestone in the Union Wash Formation of California. It is the type species of Preflorianites.

It was recombined as Preflorianites strongi by Spath (1934), Kummel and Steele (1962) and Kummel (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. radiatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Danubites strongi Hyatt and Smith p. 165 figs. Pl 9, figs 4-10
1934Preflorianites strongi Spath
1962Preflorianites strongi Kummel and Steele p. 641
1969Preflorianites strongi Kummel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyKashmiritidae
genusPreflorianitesSpath 1930
speciesstrongi()

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.

†Preflorianites strongi Hyatt and Smith 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available