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Caucasites nicholsi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Caucasites nicholsi was named by Bucher (1989). Its type specimen is USNM 438351, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coyote Canyon HB 95, northern Humboldt Mountains, which is in an Aegean offshore limestone/siltstone in the Prida Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Caucasites nicholsi Bucher p. 980 figs. Pl 5, figs1-4; text-fig 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
subfamilyJaponitinae(Tozer 1971)
genusCaucasitesShevyrev 1968
speciesnicholsi

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.

†Caucasites nicholsi Bucher 1989
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Diagnosis
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