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Gzheloceras nikitini

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Gzheloceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus nikitini was named by Tzwetaev (1888). Its type specimen is TsGM 68/351, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gzhel region, which is in a Gzhelian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Gzheloceras nikitini by Shimanskiy (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Nautilus nikitini Tzwetaev p. 10 figs. Pl 1, fig 5
1967Gzheloceras nikitini Shimanskiy p. 80 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyGzheloceratidae
genusGzheloceras
speciesnikitini(Tzwetaev 1888)

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.

†Gzheloceras nikitini Tzwetaev 1888
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Diagnosis
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