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Parashumardites sellardsi

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Parashumarditidae

Taxonomy
Shumardites sellardsi was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is About 2 miles south of Gap Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kasimovian marine horizon in the Gaptank Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Parashumardites sellardsi by Nassichuk (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Shumardites sellardsi Plummer and Scott p. 302 figs. Pl 24, figs 7-9
1975Parashumardites sellardsi Nassichuk p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyShumarditoidea(Plummer and Scott 1937)
familyParashumarditidaeBoardman et al. 1994
genusParashumarditesRuzhencev 1939
speciessellardsi()

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.

Parashumardites sellardsi Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
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