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Thanamites contractus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Thanamitidae

Taxonomy
Nannites contractus 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 was recombined as Thanamites contractus by Silberling and Nichols (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Nannites contractus Smith p. 45 figs. Pl 21, figs 13-17
1982Thanamites contractus Silberling and Nichols p. 56 figs. Pl 6, figs 12-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNathorstitaceaeSpath 1951
familyThanamitidaeTozer 1971
genusThanamitesDiener 1908
speciescontractus()

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.

Thanamites contractus Smith 1914
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Diagnosis
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