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Boesites kingi

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae

Taxonomy
Daraelites kingi was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lenox Hills, base of escarpment north of Wedin's ranch, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Lenox Hills Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Boesites kingi by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Daraelites kingi Plummer and Scott p. 101 figs. Pl 1, figs 10,11
2002Boesites kingi Leonova p. S15

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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
specieskingi()

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 kingi Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
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