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Proarcestes nevadanus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Taxonomy
Joannites nevadanus was named by Hyatt and Smith (1905). Its type specimen is MCZ 3909 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Volcano (Pilot Mountains), which is in a Lacian marine limestone in the Luning Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Arcestes (Proarcestes) nevadanus by Smith (1914); it was recombined as Proarcestes nevadanus by Clapham (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. bicinctus, P. obonii, P. verchojanicum, P. verchojanicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Joannites nevadanus Hyatt and Smith p. 76 figs. Pl 24, figs 5-7
1914Arcestes (Proarcestes) nevadanus Smith p. 44 figs. Pl 5, figs 5-7
2015Proarcestes nevadanus Clapham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyArcestidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusProarcestesMojsisovic 1893
speciesnevadanus()

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.

†Proarcestes nevadanus Hyatt and Smith 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available