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Paraceltites multicostatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae

Taxonomy
Paraceltites multicostatus was named by Böse (1919). 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
1919Paraceltites multicostatus Böse p. 108 figs. Pl 5, figs 19-32
1937Paraceltites multicostatus Plummer and Scott p. 368 figs. Pl 37, figs 9, 10
1940Paraceltites multicostatus Miller and Furnish p. 70 figs. Pl 23, fig 9
1977Paraceltites multicostatus Xu p. 574 figs. Pl 216, figs 9,10
2002Paraceltites multicostatus 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
speciesmulticostatus

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.

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Diagnosis
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