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Pterosirenites auritus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Taxonomy
Pterosirenites auritus was named by Tozer (1980). Its type specimen is GSC 28734 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 68180, Mount McLearn, which is in a Lacian marine siliciclastic in the Baldonnel Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Pterosirenites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Pterosirenites auritus Tozer p. 110 figs. Pl 17.1, figs 18-22
1994Pterosirenites auritus Tozer p. 172 figs. Pl 110, figs 6-10; pl 111, figs 2-6; text-figs 89b-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyTrachyceratidaeHaug 1894
subfamilySirenitinaeTozer 1971
genusPterosirenites
speciesauritus

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.

†Pterosirenites auritus Tozer 1980
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Diagnosis
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