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Tapashanites compressus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tapashanitidae

Taxonomy
Tapashanites compressus was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 34313 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiuzhaigouwei, Nanping County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water siliciclastic in the Dalong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Tapashanites compressus Zhao et al. p. 116 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-3; text-fig 64b
2002Tapashanites compressus 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
speciescompressus

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 compressus Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
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