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Gunnarites spathi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Gunnarites spathi was named by Henderson (1970). Its type specimen is NZGS CE.2129, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Q08/f9639, Southern banks of Opu Creek, Upper Kaipara Harbour, which is in a Haumurian marine horizon in the Otamatea Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Gunnarites spathi Henderson p. 56 figs. Pl 12, figs 1,4

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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
genusGunnaritesKilian and Reboul 1909
speciesspathi

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Gunnarites spathi Henderson 1970
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Diagnosis
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