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Pseudotirolites varians

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotirolites varians was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14938 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lijiachong, Lindai, Bed 2, Qingzhen County, which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. uniformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pseudotirolites varians Zhao et al. p. 129 figs. Pl 19, fig 11,12; text-fig 79
2002Pseudotirolites varians 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)
familyPseudotirolitidaeZhao 1965
genusPseudotirolitesSun 1933
speciesvarians

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.

†Pseudotirolites varians Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
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