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Paranorites magnumbilicatum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae

Taxonomy
Meekoceras magnumbilicatum was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chidroo, Stachella beds, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Paranorites magnumbilicatum by Spath (1934).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. tzaregradskii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Meekoceras magnumbilicatum Waagen p. 251 figs. Pl 33, fig 3
1934Paranorites magnumbilicatum Spath

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNoritoidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyParanoritidaeSpath 1930
genusParanorites
speciesmagnumbilicatum()

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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Diagnosis
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