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Glaphyrites excelsus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Glaphyritidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites excelsus was named by Meek (1876).

It was recombined as Gastrioceras excelsum by Smith (1903); it was recombined as Glaphyrites excelsus by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Goniatites excelsus Meek p. 445
1903Gastrioceras excelsum Smith p. 88 figs. Pl 16, fig 2; pl 28; pl 29
1937Gastrioceras jonesi Miller and Owen p. 413 figs. Pl 51, figs 1-3,10
1971Glaphyrites excelsus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 286

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyGlaphyritidae
subfamilyGlaphyritinae
genusGlaphyritesRuzhencev 1936
speciesexcelsus(Meek 1876)

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.

Glaphyrites excelsus Meek 1876
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Invalid names: Gastrioceras jonesi Miller and Owen 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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