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Eophyllites acutus

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae

Taxonomy
Eophyllites acutus was named by Wang and Chen (1979). Its type specimen is NIGP 34054 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Changma River Yu II-211-F-12, Maqen County, which is in a Spathian marine horizon in the Bayankalashan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Eophyllites acutus Wang and Chen p. 52 figs. Pl 16, figs 3-4; text-fig 29b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPalaeophyllitidaePopov 1958
genusEophyllitesSpath 1930
speciesacutus

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.

†Eophyllites acutus Wang and Chen 1979
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Diagnosis
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