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Sphaerocladiscites mendenhalli

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Cladiscitidae

Taxonomy
Cladiscites mendenhalli was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 10304 (30B), Canning River, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in Alaska.

It was recombined as Sphaerocladiscites mendenhalli by Gamsjäger (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cladiscites mendenhalli Smith p. 70 figs. Pl 102, figs 21-24
1982Sphaerocladiscites mendenhalli Gamsjäger p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyArcestoidea(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyCladiscitidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyProcladiscitinae
genusSphaerocladiscitesPopov 1961
speciesmendenhalli()

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.

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Diagnosis
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