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Aspidites dentosus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Aspidites dentosus was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Koofri, bed 10 (Stachella beds), Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Aspidites dentosus Waagen p. 226 figs. Pl 33, figs 2a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyProptychitidaeWaagen 1895
genusAspidites
speciesdentosus

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.

†Aspidites dentosus Waagen 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available