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Germanonautilus brooksi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Germanonautilus brooksi was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 9384, south bank of Yukon River, which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in Alaska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Germanonautilus brooksi Smith p. 105 figs. Pl 102, figs 7-10
1953Germanonautilus brooksi Kummel p. 29 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-10
1976Germanonautilus brooksi Bychkov et al.

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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
genusGermanonautilus
speciesbrooksi

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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