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Paraceratites elegans

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites elegans was named by von Mojsisovics (1882). It is the type species of Paraceratites.

It was recombined as Paraceratites elegans by Hyatt (1900), Spath (1934), Gu et al. (1980) and Vörös (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Ceratites elegans von Mojsisovics p. 31 figs. Pl 9, fig 5
1900Paraceratites elegans Hyatt p. 559
1934Paraceratites elegans Spath
1980Paraceratites elegans Gu et al. p. 346 figs. Pl 1, figs 12,13; text-fig 4b
2018Paraceratites elegans Vörös p. 54 figs. Pl 2, fig 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyParaceratitinaeSilberling 1962
genusParaceratites
specieselegans()

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.

Paraceratites elegans von Mojsisovics 1882
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Diagnosis
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