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Tropigastrites lahontanus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proteusitidae

Taxonomy
Tropigastrites lahontanus was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Tropigastrites lahontanus Smith p. 28 figs. Pl. 19, Figs. 14-15a
1914Tropigastrites rothpletzi Smith p. 31 figs. Pl 19, figs 1-13,22,23; pl 87, figs 24-26
1914Gymnites (Anagymnites) rosenbergi Smith p. 55 figs. Pl 26, figs 2-6
1968Tropigastrites lahontanus Nakazawa and Bando
1982Tropigastrites lahontanus Silberling and Nichols p. 54 figs. Pl 26, figs 5-17
2005Tropigastrites lahontanus Monnet and Bucher p. 52 figs. Pl 30, figs 11-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNathorstitaceaeSpath 1951
familyProteusitidae
genusTropigastrites
specieslahontanus

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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Invalid names: Gymnites (Anagymnites) rosenbergi Smith 1914 [synonym], Tropigastrites rothpletzi Smith 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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