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Tropigastrites louderbacki

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proteusitidae

Taxonomy
Sibyllites louderbacki was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

It was recombined as Tropigastrites louderbacki by Smith (1914), Silberling and Nichols (1982) and Monnet and Bucher (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Sibyllites louderbacki Hyatt and Smith p. 58 figs. Pl. 47, Figs. 10-12
1914Tropigastrites louderbacki Smith p. 29 figs. Pl 18, figs 3-6,9,10; pl 11, figs 10-12; pl 88, figs 4-13
1914Tropigastrites obliterans Smith p. 30 figs. Pl 87, figs 27-32
1914Tropigastrites powelli Smith p. 31 figs. Pl 18, figs 1,2,7,8; pl 97, figs 1-12
1914Tropigastrites trojanus Smith p. 32 figs. Pl 17, figs 1-30
1951Tropigastrites trojanus Spath p. 96
1982Tropigastrites louderbacki Silberling and Nichols p. 54 figs. Pl 26, figs 18-36; text-fig 39
2005Tropigastrites louderbacki Monnet and Bucher p. 52 figs. Pl 30, fig 10

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

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.

Tropigastrites louderbacki Hyatt and Smith 1905
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Invalid names: Tropigastrites obliterans Smith 1914 [synonym], Tropigastrites powelli Smith 1914 [synonym], Tropigastrites trojanus Smith 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available