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Boesites girtyi

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae

Taxonomy
Daraelites girtyi was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wewoka Shale Station 2006, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma.

It was recombined as Boesites girtyi by Nassichuk (1975) and Work and Mapes (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Daraelites girtyi Plummer and Scott p. 101
1975Boesites girtyi Nassichuk p. 51
2009Boesites girtyi Work and Mapes

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyDaraelitidae
genusBoesitesMiller and Furnish 1940
speciesgirtyi()

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.

†Boesites girtyi Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
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