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Arctoceras schalteggeri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae

Taxonomy
Arctoceras schalteggeri was named by Brühwiler and Bucher (2011). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 28563 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nammal Gorge Nam802, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Arctoceras schalteggeri Brühwiler and Bucher figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyArctoceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusArctoceras
speciesschalteggeri

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Arctoceras schalteggeri Brühwiler and Bucher 2011
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Diagnosis
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