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Gordonites filifer

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Wiedeyoceratidae

Taxonomy
Gordonites filifer was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 119648, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Gordonites filifer Gordon p. 245 figs. Pl 26, figs 4-6,32; text-fig 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGonioloboceratoidea(Spath 1934)
familyWiedeyoceratidae
genusGordonitesMiller 1932
speciesfilifer

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Gordonites filifer Gordon 1964
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Diagnosis
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