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Jovites borealis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

Taxonomy
Jovites borealis was named by Tozer (1961). Its type specimen is GSC 14112 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 28435, Buchanan Lake, Axel Heiberg Island, which is in a Tuvalian marine siliciclastic in the Blaa Mountain Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Jovites borealis Tozer p. 86 figs. Pl 26, figs 2-7
1994Jovites borealis Tozer p. 222 figs. Pl 103, figs 6a-c; text-fig 82a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyTropitidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusJovitesMojsisovics 1893
speciesborealisTozer 1961

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.

†Jovites borealis Tozer 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available