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Tozerites humboldtensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proteusitidae

Taxonomy
Columbites humboldtensis was named by Smith (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada. It is the type species of Tozerites.

It was recombined as Tozerites humboldtensis by Silberling and Nichols (1982).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Columbites humboldtensis Smith p. 36 figs. Pl 20, figs 26-28; pl 87, figs 1-14
1914Columbites plicatulus Smith p. 37 figs. Pl 20, figs 15-25; pl 87, figs 15-23
1982Tozerites humboldtensis Silberling and Nichols p. 56 figs. Pl 27, figs 14-23; text-fig 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNathorstitaceaeSpath 1951
familyProteusitidae
genusTozerites
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.

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Invalid names: Columbites plicatulus Smith 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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