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Nitanoceras compressum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae

Taxonomy
Nitanoceras compressum was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28278 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68234, Boiler Canyon, Liard River, which is in a Longobardian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Nitanoceras compressum Tozer p. 91 figs. Pl 77, figs 10a,b; pl 87, figs 9a-c; text-fig 70d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMegaphyllitoidea(Mojsisovics 1896)
familyMegaphyllitidaeMojsisovics 1896
genusNitanocerasMcLearn 1937
speciescompressum

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Nitanoceras compressum Tozer 1994
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