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Caenisites brooki

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites brooki was named by Sowerby (1818).

It was recombined as Asteroceras brooki by Schlegelmilch (1976); it was recombined as Caenisites brooki by Corna and Dommergues (1995) and Macchioni et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Ammonites brooki Sowerby
1976Asteroceras brooki Schlegelmilch
1995Caenisites brooki Corna and Dommergues
2006Caenisites brooki Macchioni et al. p. 566

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyAsteroceratidaeSpath 1946
genusCaenisitesBuckman 1925
speciesbrooki(Sowerby 1818)

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.

Caenisites brooki Sowerby 1818
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available