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Pararcestes zitteli

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Taxonomy
Arcestes zitteli was named by von Mojsisovics (1875). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Röthelstein, lower layer with Arcestes ellipticus, which is in a Julian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Halstatt Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Pararcestes zitteli by von Mojsisovics (1902).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Arcestes zitteli von Mojsisovics p. 95 figs. Pl 56, figs 1,2
1902Pararcestes zitteli von Mojsisovics p. 261

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyArcestidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusPararcestesSuess 1865
specieszitteli()

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Pararcestes zitteli von Mojsisovics 1875
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Diagnosis
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