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Choristoceras crickmayi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Choristoceratidae

Taxonomy
Choristoceras crickmayi was named by Tozer (1979). Its type specimen is GSC 18912 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 56395, Tyaughton Creek, which is in a Rhaetian marine sandstone/conglomerate in Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Choristoceras crickmayi Tozer p. 134 figs. Pl 16.1, figs 4-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyChoristoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyChoristoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusChoristocerasHauer 1865
speciescrickmayi

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.

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Diagnosis
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