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Proarcestes bicarinatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites bicarinatus was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Arcestes bicarinatus by von Mojsisovics (1875) and von Mojsisovics (1882); it was recombined as Proarcestes bicarinatus by von Mojsisovics (1902); it was recombined as Arcestes (Proarcestes) bicarinatus by Creutzburg et al. (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ammonites bicarinatus Münster p. 138 figs. Pl 15, fig 30
1843Ammonites labiatus Klipstein
1843Ammonites maximiliani Klipstein p. 114 figs. Pl 6, figs 1a-c
1875Arcestes bicarinatus von Mojsisovics p. 98 figs. Pl 51, fig 3; pl 53, fig 32
1882Arcestes bicarinatus von Mojsisovics
1902Proarcestes bicarinatus von Mojsisovics p. 260
1966Arcestes (Proarcestes) bicarinatus Creutzburg et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyArcestidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusProarcestesMojsisovic 1893
speciesbicarinatus()

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.

Proarcestes bicarinatus Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Ammonites labiatus Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Ammonites maximiliani Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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