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Distichites canadensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Distichitidae

Taxonomy
Distichites canadensis was named by McLearn (1940). Its type specimen is GSC 8816 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Black Bear Ridge (GSC 9741), which is in an Alaunian marine horizon in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Distichites canadensis McLearn p. 50 figs. Pl 2, fig 6
1994Distichites canadensis Tozer p. 200 figs. Pl 136, figs 6,7,11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyDistichitidaeDiener 1920
genusDistichitesMojsisovics 1893
speciescanadensisMcLearn 1940

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.

†Distichites canadensis McLearn 1940
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Diagnosis
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