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Amphipopanoceras selwyni

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Parapopanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Parapopanoceras selwyni was named by McLearn (1948). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Talus east of Mile Post 378, Alaska Highway, which is in a Bithynian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Parapopanoceras tetsa by McLearn (1969); it was recombined as Amphipopanoceras selwyni by Silberling and Nichols (1982), Bucher (1992) and Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Parapopanoceras selwyni McLearn p. 1 figs. Pl. 9, figs. 7-9
1982Amphipopanoceras selwyni Silberling and Nichols p. 20 figs. Pl 6, figs 15,16; text-fig 11
1992Amphipopanoceras selwyni Bucher p. 431 figs. Fig. 10-11, Pl. 7
1994Amphipopanoceras selwyni Tozer p. 88 figs. Pl 57, figs 9a,b; pl 58, figs 2,4,5,6; text-figs 43a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMegaphyllitoidea(Mojsisovics 1896)
familyParapopanoceratidaeTozer 1971
genusAmphipopanocerasVovina 1947
speciesselwyni(McLearn 1948)

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.

Amphipopanoceras selwyni McLearn 1948
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