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Proptychites mulleri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Proptychites mulleri was named by Tozer (1963). Its type specimen is GSC 14268 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 42372, Dunedin River, which is in a Dienerian marine siliciclastic in the Grayling Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. rosenkrantzei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Proptychites mulleri Tozer p. 18 figs. Pl 2, figs 1a-d
1994Proptychites mulleri Tozer p. 62 figs. Pl 10, fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyProptychitidaeWaagen 1895
genusProptychites
speciesmulleriTozer 1963

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.

†Proptychites mulleri Tozer 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available