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Maorites mackayi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites mckayi was named by Hector (1886). Its type specimen is NZGS CE.794, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Maorites mackayi by Henderson (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Ammonites mckayi Hector p. 57 figs. 19A, no 4
1970Maorites mackayi Henderson p. 53 figs. Pl 10, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922
genusMaorites
speciesmackayi(Hector 1886)

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.

†Maorites mackayi Hector 1886
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Diagnosis
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