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Arcestes polycaulus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Taxonomy
Arcestes polycaulus was named by von Mojsisovics (1875). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steinbergkogel, grauem Marmor, which is in a Sevatian carbonate limestone in the Halstatt Formation of Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Arcestes polycaulus von Mojsisovics p. 114 figs. Pl 53, fig 1
1902Arcestes polycaulus von Mojsisovics p. 268

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

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.

Arcestes polycaulus von Mojsisovics 1875
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Diagnosis
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