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Mariceras gracile

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Scyphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mariceras gracile was named by Flower (1963). Its type specimen is New Mexico Bureau of Mines 891 and is a cast. Its type locality is Rhodes Canyon, San Andres Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the San Andres Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Mariceras gracile Flower p. 88 figs. Pl 13, figs 9,10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyAipoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyScyphoceratidae
genusMariceras
speciesgracile

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Mariceras gracile Flower 1963
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Diagnosis
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