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Gowericeras spinosum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Gowericeras spinosum was named by Imlay (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108138, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 22432, Iniskin Bay, which is in a Callovian marine siliciclastic in the Chinitna Formation of Alaska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Gowericeras spinosum Imlay p. 99 figs. Pl 53, figs 8,11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyKosmoceratidaeHaug 1887
genusGowericerasBuckman 1921
speciesspinosum

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Gowericeras spinosum Imlay 1953
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Diagnosis
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