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Bistrialites bicostatus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Taxonomy
Liroceras bicostatum was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 119705, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 1. USGS 14369. Road cut on se side US 65, 0.8 km sw of Peyton Creek Bridge, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore grainstone/shale in the Imo Formation of Arkansas.

It was recombined as Bistrialites bicostatus by Niko and Mapes (2016) and Niko and Mapes (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Liroceras bicostatum Gordon p. 156 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-6; text-fig 27
2016Bistrialites bicostatus Niko and Mapes p. 16 fig. 8
2017Bistrialites bicostatus Niko and Mapes p. 179 figs. 2.1-2.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyClydonautiloidea(Hyatt in Zittel 1900)
familyLiroceratidae
genusBistrialitesTurner 1954
speciesbicostatus()

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.

†Bistrialites bicostatus Gordon 1964
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Diagnosis
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