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Epicanites sandbergeri

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae

Taxonomy
Paraprolecanites sandbergeri was named by Schmidt (1925). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UTBEG 153-T-6, San Saba highway, 5.6 km east and 1.4 km south of Rochelle, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Smithwick Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Epicanites.

It was recombined as Epicanites sandbergeri by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Paraprolecanites sandbergeri Schmidt
1971Epicanites sandbergeri Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyDaraelitidae
genusEpicanitesSchindewolf 1926
speciessandbergeri(Schmidt 1925)

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.

Epicanites sandbergeri Schmidt 1925
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Diagnosis
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