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Gymnites compressus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Gymnites compressus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28378 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 42400, Liard River, which is in a Bithynian marine siltstone in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Gymnites compressus Tozer p. 127 figs. Pl 51, figs 1-3; text-figs 32i,j

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
genusGymnites
speciescompressus

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Gymnites compressus Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
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