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Paraceltites sellardsi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae

Taxonomy
Paraceltites sellardsi was named by Miller and Furnish (1940). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2.5 miles N70E of second tank above Hess Ranch house, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Paraceltites elegans by Spinosa et al. (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Paraceltites sellardsi Miller and Furnish p. 69 figs. Pl 23, figs 6,7
2002Paraceltites sellardsi Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyParaceltitidaeSpath 1930
genusParaceltites
speciessellardsi

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.

Paraceltites sellardsi Miller and Furnish 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available