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Wasatchites spinatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae

Taxonomy
Wasatchites spinatus was named by Guex (1978). Its type specimen is Mus. Hist. Nat. Geneva G-P 18, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zaluch, Bed 7, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine limestone in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Wasatchites spinatus Guex p. 107 figs. Pl 3, fig 4; pl 4, fig 5; pl 5, fig 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyPrionitidaeHyatt 1900
genusWasatchitesMathews 1929
speciesspinatus

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Wasatchites spinatus Guex 1978
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Diagnosis
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