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Megapronorites sakmarensis

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae

Taxonomy
Megapronorites sakmarensis was named by Ruzhentsev (1949). Its type specimen is PIN 455/119, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kuruil-Bukharcha interfluve, northwest of Novosakmarsk, which is in an Arnsbergian carbonate limestone in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Megapronorites sakmarensis Ruzhentsev p. 61 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-9; text-fig 22,23
1971Megapronorites sakmarensis Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 142 figs. Pl 2, figs 3,4; pl 3, figs 1,2; text-fig 12b-h

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyPronoritidaeFrech 1901
subfamilyPronoritinaeFrech 1901
genusMegapronoritesRuzhencev 1949
speciessakmarensisRuzhentsev 1949

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.

Megapronorites sakmarensis Ruzhentsev 1949
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