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Billingsites anticostiensis

Cephalopoda - Ascocerida - Ascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ascoceras anticostiense was named by Billings (1866) [= Ascoceras newberryi Billings (only the part referring to Junction cliff or Ellis Bay specimen), Pal. Foss. 1, Geol. Surv., Canada, 1868, p. 163, fig. 148b (not 148a);].

It was recombined as Billingsites anticostiensis by Twenhofel (1928).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. borealis, B. keatingi, B. williamsportensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Ascoceras anticostiense Billings p. 60
1928Billingsites anticostiensis Twenhofel pp. 259 - 260 figs. Plate XL, figure 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassMulticeratoidea()
orderAscoceridaKuhn 1949
familyAscoceratidaeBarrande 1867
genusBillingsitesHyatt 1864
speciesanticostiensis(Billings 1866)

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.

†Billingsites anticostiensis Billings 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available