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Alanites mulleri

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Khvalynitidae

Taxonomy
Alanites mulleri was named by Silberling and Nichols (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 248903 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS M2359, spur between Star and Bloody Canyons, which is in a Bithynian marine limestone/siltstone in the Prida Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Alanites mulleri Silberling and Nichols p. 19 figs. Pl 29, figs 31-35; text-fig 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyKhvalynitidae()
genusAlanitesShevyrev 1968
speciesmulleri

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.

†Alanites mulleri Silberling and Nichols 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available