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Metapronorites ellesmerensis

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae

Taxonomy
Metapronorites ellesmerensis was named by Nassichuk (1975). Its type specimen is GSC 31932, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Metapronorites ellesmerensis Nassichuk p. 62 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,9,10; pl 3, figs 1,2,4,5,6; pl 4, fig 6; text-figs 19-21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyPronoritidaeFrech 1901
subfamilyPronoritinaeFrech 1901
genusMetapronoritesLibrovitch 1938
speciesellesmerensis

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.

Metapronorites ellesmerensis Nassichuk 1975
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Diagnosis
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