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Placites humboldtensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Placites humboldtensis was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Muttleberry Canyon, West Humboldt Range, which is in a Sevatian marine shale in Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Placites humboldtensis Hyatt and Smith p. 107 figs. Pl 56, figs 10-25
1927Placites humboldtensis Smith p. 77 figs. Pl 56, figs 10-25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
subfamilyPlacitinaeWang and He 1976
genusPlacitesMojsisovics 1896
specieshumboldtensis

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.

Placites humboldtensis Hyatt and Smith 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available