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Gryponautilus cooperi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Grypoceras (Gryponautilus) cooperi was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bear Cove, north end and east side of Brock Mountain, which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California.

It was recombined as Gryponautilus cooperi by Kummel (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Grypoceras (Gryponautilus) cooperi Smith p. 107 figs. Pl 88, figs 1-5
1953Gryponautilus cooperi Kummel p. 56 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyGrypoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusGryponautilusMojsisovics 1902
speciescooperi()

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.

†Gryponautilus cooperi Smith 1927
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Diagnosis
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