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Neophylloceras meridianum

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Neophylloceras meridianum was named by Spath (1953). Its type specimen is BMNH C.41320, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D.86.1, Dagger Peak, James Ross Island, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in Antarctica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Neophylloceras meridianum Spath p. 4 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusNeophyllocerasShimizu 1934
speciesmeridianum

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Diagnosis
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