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Maximites cherokeensis
Taxonomy
Imitoceras cherokeense was named by Miller and Owen (1939). Its type specimen is SUI 13484b, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ewing strip pit, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Cherokee Formation of Missouri.
It was recombined as Maximites cherokeensis by Frest et al. (1981).
It was recombined as Maximites cherokeensis by Frest et al. (1981).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1939 | Imitoceras cherokeense Miller and Owen p. 145 figs. Pl 20, figs 18-20 |
| 1981 | Maximites cherokeensis Frest et al. p. 10 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-3, 5-9, 14; text-figs 1C, 7B, 8C, 9 |
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†Maximites cherokeensis Miller and Owen 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available