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Cenoceras imlayi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae

Taxonomy
Bisiphytes (Cenoceras) imlayi was named by Kummel (1954). Its type specimen is USNM 158416, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 21251, Wide Bay, which is in a Bajocian marine shale in the Kialagvik Formation of Alaska.

It was recombined as Cenoceras imlayi by Kummel (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Bisiphytes (Cenoceras) imlayi Kummel p. 322 figs. Pl 35, figs 1,2
1956Cenoceras imlayi Kummel p. 374

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyCenoceratidaeTinant and Kabamba 1983
genusCenocerasHyatt 1884
speciesimlayi()

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.

†Cenoceras imlayi Kummel 1954
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Diagnosis
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