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Passaloteuthis auricipitis

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Passaloteuthididae

Taxonomy
Passaloteuthis auricipitis was named by Lang (1928). Its type specimen is BMNH C.28949 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed 120d, extreme top, Crumbly Bed, Golden Cap, which is in an Ibex offshore marl in the Belemnite Marls Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. apicurrata, P. apicurvata, P. pessula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Passaloteuthis auricipitis Lang p. 204 figs. Pl 14, fig 4; text-fig 2.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyPassaloteuthididae(Naef 1922)
genusPassaloteuthis
speciesauricipitis

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
No diagnoses are available