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Maximites oklahomensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Maximitidae

Taxonomy
Maximites oklahomensis was named by Frest et al. (1981). Its type specimen is SUI 8790, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Okmulgee, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in Oklahoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Maximites oklahomensis Frest et al. p. 11 figs. P 1, figs 1-22; pl 2, fig 4; text-figs 6A-D, 7A, 8A, 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPseudohaloritoidea(Ruzhencev 1957)
familyMaximitidaeRuzhencev 1960
genusMaximites
speciesoklahomensis

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Maximites oklahomensis Frest et al. 1981
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Diagnosis
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