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Alanites laevis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Khvalynitidae

Taxonomy
Alanites laevis was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28245 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 40109, Chlotapecta Creek, which is in a Bithynian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Alanites laevis Tozer p. 85 figs. Pl 51, figs 5a,b; text-fig 38h

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyKhvalynitidae()
genusAlanitesShevyrev 1968
specieslaevis

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Alanites laevis Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
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