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Helictites decorus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Thetiditidae

Taxonomy
Helictites decorus was named by McLearn (1940). Its type specimen is GSC 8824 and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Helictites decorus McLearn p. 49 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,5
1981Helictites decorus Tatzreiter
1994Helictites decorus Tozer p. 205 figs. Pl 137, figs 6a,b; text-fig 111a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyClydonitaceaeMojsisovics 1879
familyThetiditidaeTozer 1971
genusHelictitesMojsisovics 1893
speciesdecorusMcLearn 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.

†Helictites decorus McLearn 1940
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Diagnosis
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