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Paraceratites orientalis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Paraceratites orientalis was named by Yabe and Shimizu (1927) [Same as IGPS 35174]. Its type specimen is IGPS 60899 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rifu, Tohoku Railway Line, Matsushima-cho, Miyagi-gun, which is in an Illyrian marine siliciclastic in the Rifu Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Paraceratites orientalis Yabe and Shimizu p. 121 figs. Pl 11, figs 6-8
1964Paraceratites orientalis Bando p. 112 figs. Pl 6, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyParaceratitinaeSilberling 1962
genusParaceratites
speciesorientalisYabe and Shimizu 1927

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.

†Paraceratites orientalis Yabe and Shimizu 1927
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Diagnosis
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