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Aulametacoceras humboldtensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Aulametacoceras humboldtensis was named by Silberling and Nichols (1982). Its type specimen is USNM 248912 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
1982Aulametacoceras humboldtensis Silberling and Nichols p. 61 figs. Pl 31, figs 2-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTainoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusAulametacoceras
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.

†Aulametacoceras humboldtensis Silberling and Nichols 1982
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Diagnosis
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