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Parashumardites fornicatus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Parashumarditidae

Taxonomy
Shumardites fornicatus was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B.E.G. 248-T-6 (G-10), clay pit in north edge of Bridgeport, which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in the Graford Formation of Texas.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Shumardites fornicatus Plummer and Scott p. 300 figs. Pl 23, figs 7-9; text-fig 61d
1975Parashumardites fornicatus 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
speciesfornicatus()

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 fornicatus Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
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