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Pleurotropites gabbi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

Taxonomy
Paratropites gabbi was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Trachyceras subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California.

It was recombined as Pleurotropites gabbi by Tozer (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Paratropites antiselli Smith p. 43 figs. Pl 24, figs 1-8
1927Paratropites arnoldi Smith p. 44 figs. Pl 25, figs 3-9
1927Paratropites gabbi Smith p. 44 figs. Pl 24, figs 9-13
1927Paratropites (Gymnotropites) yatesi Smith p. 47 figs. Pl 25, figs 21-24
1930Paratropites spepsumensis Crickmay p. 60 figs. Pl 7, figs c-e
1994Pleurotropites gabbi Tozer p. 214 figs. Pl 93, figs 1-3,5,6,; pl 94, figs 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyTropitidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusPleurotropites
speciesgabbi()

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.

Pleurotropites gabbi Smith 1927
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Invalid names: Paratropites (Gymnotropites) yatesi Smith 1927 [synonym], Paratropites antiselli Smith 1927 [synonym], Paratropites arnoldi Smith 1927 [synonym], Paratropites spepsumensis Crickmay 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available