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Newmarracarroceras clarkei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites (Dorsetensia) clarkei was named by Crick (1894). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Champion Bay, which is in a Bajocian carbonate limestone in the Newmarracarra Limestone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Newmarracarroceras.

It was recombined as Fontannesia clarkei by Arkell (1954); it was recombined as Newmarracarroceras clarkei by Hall (1989).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Ammonites (Dorsetensia) clarkei Crick p. 388 figs. Pl 12, figs 2a,b,c
1924Dorsetensia etheridgei Whitehouse p. 9
1954Fontannesia clarkei Arkell p. 565 figs. Pl 28, figs 1-6; pl 29, figs 1,2; pl 30, figs 1-4; text-fig 3
1954Fontannesia whitehousei Arkell p. 566 figs. Pl 29, figs 3-8; pl 30, figs 5,6; text-fig 3
1989Newmarracarroceras clarkei Hall p. 9 figs. 3-10, 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySonniniidaeBuckman 1892
subfamilyWitchelliinaeCallomon and Chandler 2006
genusNewmarracarroceras
speciesclarkei()

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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Invalid names: Dorsetensia etheridgei Whitehouse 1924 [synonym], Fontannesia whitehousei Arkell 1954 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available