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Leiodistichites ursidens

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Distichitidae

Taxonomy
Leiodistichites ursidens was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 12592 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Talus block, Near Black Bear Section (GSC 9744), which is in an Alaunian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Leiodistichites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Leiodistichites ursidens Tozer p. 201 figs. Pl 137, figs 3-5; text-fig 111c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTrachyceratoidea(Haug 1894)
familyDistichitidaeDiener 1920
genusLeiodistichites
speciesursidens

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Diagnosis
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