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Pararcestes rotundatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Taxonomy
Arcestes rotundatus was named by von Mojsisovics (1875). Its type specimen is GBA 1875/008/0020, a shell, and 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 rotundatus by von Mojsisovics (1902).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Arcestes rotundatus von Mojsisovics p. 95 figs. Pl 56, fig 7
1902Pararcestes rotundatus 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
speciesrotundatus()

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.

†Pararcestes rotundatus von Mojsisovics 1875
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Diagnosis
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