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Paratexanites zeilleri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Taxonomy
Mortoniceras zeilleri was named by de Grossouvre (1894). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carrières de la Ribochère, Couture (Sorbonne collection), which is in a Coniacian carbonate grainstone in the Craie de Villedieu Formation of France. It is the type species of Paratexanites.

It was recombined as Paratexanites zeilleri by Kennedy (1984) and Kennedy (1995).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Mortoniceras zeilleri de Grossouvre p. 67 figs. Pl 14, fig 1
1896Mortoniceras michelii Mariani p. 53 figs. Pl 8, fig 1
1984Paratexanites zeilleri Kennedy p. 115 fig. 37
1995Paratexanites zeilleri Kennedy p. 418 figs. Pl 22, fig 12; pl 23, figs 1,2; text-figs 20E, 24

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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
subfamilyTexanitinaeCollignon 1948
genusParatexanites
specieszeilleri(de Grossouvre 1894)

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.

†Paratexanites zeilleri de Grossouvre 1894
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Invalid names: Mortoniceras michelii Mariani 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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