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Nordophiceras chaoxianense

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Nordophiceratidae

Taxonomy
Nordophiceras chaoxianense was named by Guo (1982). Its type specimen is NIGP 20020 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Majiashan, Caoxian (lower Biandanshan Mb), which is in a Spathian basinal (carbonate) claystone in the Biandanshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Nordophiceras chaoxianense Guo p. 562 figs. Pl 2, figs 13,14; text-fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyNordophiceratidaePopov 1961
genusNordophicerasPopov 1961
specieschaoxianense

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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