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Koenenites beckeri

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Koenenitidae

Taxonomy
Koenenites beckeri was named by House and Kirchgasser (2008). Its type specimen is NYSM 12150, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Middlesex, loc. II(XX) (Nap-8), which is in a Frasnian marine limestone/shale in the West River Shale Formation of New York.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Koenenites beckeri House and Kirchgasser p. 121 figs. Pl 8, figs 10,11,14; text-figs 33A-E, 34H,K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea(Zittel 1884)
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyKoenenitidaeBecker and House 1993
genusKoenenitesWedekind 1913
speciesbeckeri

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available