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Dunedinites pinguis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Dunedinites pinguis was named by Tozer (1963). Its type specimen is GSC 14287 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. It is the type species of Dunedinites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Dunedinites pinguis Tozer p. 24 figs. Pl 1, figs 6a-d,7
1994Dunedinites pinguis Tozer p. 62 figs. Pl 10,figs 3a,b

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

†Dunedinites pinguis Tozer 1963
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Diagnosis
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