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Virgatosphinctes scythicus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites scythicus was named by Vischniakoff (1882).

It was recombined as Virgatosphinctes scythicus by Salazar and Stinnesbeck (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Ammonites scythicus Vischniakoff
1906Virgatites mexicanus Buckhardt
1910Virgatites andesensis Douvillé
1959Virgatosphinctes lenaensis Corvalán
1980Virgatosphinctes evolutus Leanza
2016Virgatosphinctes scythicus Salazar and Stinnesbeck p. 153 figs. 4-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyVirgatosphinctinaeSpath 1923
genusVirgatosphinctes
speciesscythicus(Vischniakoff 1882)

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.

Virgatosphinctes scythicus Vischniakoff 1882
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Invalid names: Virgatites andesensis Douvillé 1910 [synonym], Virgatites mexicanus Buckhardt 1906 [synonym], Virgatosphinctes evolutus Leanza 1980 [synonym], Virgatosphinctes lenaensis Corvalán 1959 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available