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Nevadaphyllites compressus

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Juraphyllitidae

Taxonomy
Nevadaphyllites compressus was named by Guex (1980). Its type specimen is MGL H-11-46011 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Level Z-14, Reno Draw section 3, which is in a Planorbis marine limestone in the Sunrise Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Nevadaphyllites.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. microumbilites

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Nevadaphyllites compressus Guex p. 135 figs. Pl 1, fig 7
1995Nevadaphyllites compressus Guex p. 12 figs. Pl 2, figs 7-12; text-fig 8
2008Nevadaphyllites compressus Longridge et al.
2008Nevadaphyllites compressus Longridge et al. p. 374 figs. Pl 1, figs 28,29; text-fig 9C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyJuraphyllitidaeArkell 1950
genusNevadaphyllitesGuex 1980
speciescompressusGuex 1980

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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