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Acanthotropites racklaensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

Taxonomy
Acanthotropites racklaensis was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 72179 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 97561, Rackla River, which is in a Tuvalian marine horizon in the Otuk Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Acanthotropites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Acanthotropites racklaensis Tozer p. 222 figs. Pl 103, figs 3-5

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

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Diagnosis
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