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Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni was named by Smith and Tipper (1996). Its type specimen is GSC 9863 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-81712, Rennell Junction (GT3-Fannin Fm), Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., which is in a Pliensbachian marine siltstone/mudstone in the Fannin Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni Smith and Tipper p. 36 figs. Pl 7, fig 1-5; Txt-fig 32d,f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyTropidoceratinae(Hyatt 1900)
genusAcanthopleuroceras
speciesthomsoni

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.

†Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni Smith and Tipper 1996
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Diagnosis
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