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Leiophyllites wakoi

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae

Taxonomy
Leiophyllites wakoi was named by Ehiro et al. (2016). Its type specimen is IGPS 111561, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Cape Tatezaki, Utatsu, Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Spathian marine siliciclastic in the Osawa Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Leiophyllites wakoi Ehiro et al. p. 99 fig. 4.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPalaeophyllitidaePopov 1958
genusLeiophyllitesDiener 1915
specieswakoi

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Leiophyllites wakoi Ehiro et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available