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Cibolaites africaensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Cibolaites africaensis was named by Meister et al. (1992). Its type specimen is MNHG 56617, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monts Iguelela, bed 18, which is in a Turonian marine limestone in Niger.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Cibolaites africaensis Meister et al. p. 80 figs. Pl 9, figs 1,3,5,6; text-fig 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCollignoniceratidaeWright and Wright 1951
subfamilyCollignoniceratinaeWright and Wright 1951
genusCibolaites
speciesafricaensis

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Cibolaites africaensis Meister et al. 1992
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Diagnosis
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