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Pararcestes sturi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Taxonomy
Arcestes sturi was named by Mojsisovics (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Röthelstein, lower layer with Arcestes ellipticus, which is in a Julian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Halstatt Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Pararcestes sturi by von Mojsisovics (1902), Astakhova (1968) and Astakhova (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Arcestes sturi Mojsisovics p. 96 figs. Pl 56, fig 4
1902Pararcestes sturi von Mojsisovics p. 261
1968Pararcestes sturi Astakhova p. 85 figs. Pl, fig 4
1971Pararcestes sturi Astakhova p. 77 figs. Pl 10, fig 4; pl 11, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyArcestidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusPararcestesSuess 1865
speciessturi(Mojsisovics 1873)

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.

†Pararcestes sturi Mojsisovics 1873
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Diagnosis
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