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Stenarcestes polysphinctus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Taxonomy
Arcestes polysphinctus was named by von Mojsisovics (1875). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Someraukogel, beds with Trachyceras bicrenatum, which is in an Alaunian carbonate limestone in the Halstatt Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Stenarcestes polysphinctus by von Mojsisovics (1902).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Arcestes polysphinctus von Mojsisovics p. 146 figs. Pl 68, fig 7
1902Stenarcestes polysphinctus von Mojsisovics p. 271

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyArcestidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusStenarcestesvon Mojsisovics 1895
speciespolysphinctus()

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.

†Stenarcestes polysphinctus von Mojsisovics 1875
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Diagnosis
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