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Mayaites (Araucanites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Mayaites (Araucanites) was named by Westermann and Riccardi.

It was reranked as Araucanites by Parent (2006) and Parent and Garrido (2015).

It was assigned to Mayaites by Westermann and Riccardi (1976); and to Eurycephalitinae by Parent (2006) and Parent and Garrido (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Mayaites (Araucanites) Westermann and Riccardi
2006Araucanites Parent p. 50
2015Araucanites Parent and Garrido p. 205

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
subfamilyMayaitinae(Spath 1928)
genusMayaites
subgenusAraucanitesWestermann and Riccardi

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.

Subg. †Mayaites (Araucanites) Westermann and Riccardi
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Diagnosis
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