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Meginoceras effervescens

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Meginoceras effervescens was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28665 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68242, Boiler Canyon, Liard River, which is in a Longobardian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Meginoceras effervescens Tozer p. 149 figs. Pl 78, figs 4a-c; text-fig 61f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
subfamilyArpaditinaeHyatt 1900
genusMeginocerasMcLearn 1930
specieseffervescens

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Diagnosis
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