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Marathonites guangdongensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae

Taxonomy
Marathonites guangdongensis was named by Xu (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baidu, Meizhou County, which is in a Roadian/Wordian offshore siliciclastic in the Kufeng Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Marathonites guangdongensis Xu p. 571 figs. Pl 214, fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMarathonitoidea(Ruzhencev 1938)
familyMarathonitidaeRuzhencev 1938
genusMarathonites()
speciesguangdongensis

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Diagnosis
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