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Tapashanites mingyuexiaensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tapashanitidae

Taxonomy
Tapashanites mingyuexiaensis was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14858 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Mingyuexia Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Tapashanites mingyuexiaensis Zhao et al. p. 115 figs. pl 13, fig 11; pl 14, fig 13; pl 15, fig 26; text-fig 63a
2002Tapashanites mingyuexiaensis Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyTapashanitidae
genusTapashanitesZhao and Liang 1965
speciesmingyuexiaensis

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.

†Tapashanites mingyuexiaensis Zhao et al. 1978
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