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Paranorites madagascariensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae

Taxonomy
Aspidites madagascariensis was named by Diener (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ambararata, which is in a Smithian marine siltstone/claystone in Madagascar.

It was recombined as Paranorites madagascariensis by Tozer (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. tzaregradskii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Aspidites madagascariensis Diener p. 914 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,3
1933Aspidites madagascariensis Vaillant-Couturier Treat p. 42 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2
1969Paranorites madagascariensis Tozer p. 357

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNoritoidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyParanoritidaeSpath 1930
genusParanorites
speciesmadagascariensis()

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available