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Wasatchites tardus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae

Taxonomy
Anawasatchites tardus was named by McLearn (1945). Its type specimen is GSC 9470 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Toad Fm - GSC 10657, Toad River, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Toad Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Anawasatchites.

It was recombined as Wasatchites tardus by Tozer (1961), Bychkov et al. (1976), Dagis and Ermakova (1990) and Dagis et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Anawasatchites tardus McLearn pp. Appendix p. 1 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2
1961Wasatchites tardus Tozer p. 71 figs. Pl 19, figs 1-3
1976Wasatchites tardus Bychkov et al.
1990Wasatchites tardus Dagis and Ermakova p. 48 figs. Pl 12, figs 2,3
1994Anawasatchites tardus Tozer p. 81 figs. Pl 30, figs 2,3; pl 31, figs 3a-c; pl 32, figs 5a,b; pl 35, figs 1a,b
1996Wasatchites tardus Dagis et al. p. 101 figs. Pl 49, fig 3

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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
speciestardus(McLearn 1945)

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.

Wasatchites tardus McLearn 1945
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Diagnosis
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