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Megaphyllites jarbas

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites jarbas was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Pinacoceras jarbas by von Mojsisovics (1873); it was recombined as Megaphyllites jarbas by von Mojsisovics (1882), von Mojsisovics (1902), Arthaber (1915), Liang (1977), Shevyrev (1990), Fantini Sestini (1994), Fantini Sestini (1996) and Lukeneder and Lukeneder (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Ceratites jarbas Münster p. 135 figs. Pl 15, fig 25
1843Ammonites umbilicatus Klipstein p. 117 figs. Pl 6, fig 4
1873Pinacoceras jarbas von Mojsisovics p. 47 figs. Pl 19, figs 9,10,16
1882Megaphyllites jarbas von Mojsisovics
1902Megaphyllites jarbas von Mojsisovics p. 314
1915Megaphyllites jarbas Arthaber
1977Megaphyllites jarbas Liang p. 79 figs. Pl 2, fig 1
1990Megaphyllites jarbas Shevyrev p. 144
1994Megaphyllites jarbas Fantini Sestini
1996Megaphyllites jarbas Fantini Sestini
2014Megaphyllites jarbas Lukeneder and Lukeneder p. 382 fig. 10O

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMegaphyllitoidea(Mojsisovics 1896)
familyMegaphyllitidaeMojsisovics 1896
genusMegaphyllitesMojsisovics 1879
speciesjarbas()

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.

Megaphyllites jarbas Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Ammonites umbilicatus Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available