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Michelinoceras palatum

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Michelinoceras palatum was named by Shimanskiy (1996). Its type specimen is PIN 3536/12 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kur-Istyk Valley, which is in an Asselian marine horizon in Tajikistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. cancellatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Michelinoceras palatum Shimanskiy p. 399 figs. Pl 5, figs 7,8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
familyOrthoceratidaeM'Coy 1844
genusMichelinocerasFoerste 1932
speciespalatum

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.

†Michelinoceras palatum Shimanskiy 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available