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Paratirolites quadratus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Dzhulfitidae

Taxonomy
Paratirolites quadratus was named by Korn and Ghaderi (2016). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.25296, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ali Bashi N, -1.70 m, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Ali Bashi Formation of Iran.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. cassianus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Paratirolites quadratus Korn and Ghaderi p. 866 fig. 25
2021Paratirolites quadratus Korn and Hairapetian p. 57 figs. 38, 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyDzhulfitidae
genusParatirolites
speciesquadratus

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.

†Paratirolites quadratus Korn and Ghaderi 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available