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Mayaitinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae

Taxonomy
Mayaitidae was named by Spath (1928). Its type is Mayaites.

It was reranked as the subfamily Mayaitinae by Alberti et al. (2015).

It was assigned to Stephanocerataceae by Arkell et al. (1957) and Helmstaedt (1969); and to Sphaeroceratidae by Alberti et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Mayaitidae Spath
1957Mayaitidae Arkell et al. p. 297
1969Mayaitidae Helmstaedt p. 72
2015Mayaitinae Alberti et al. p. 91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familySphaeroceratidaeBuckman 1920
subfamilyMayaitinae(Spath 1928)
subfamilyMayaitinae(Spath 1928)

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.

Subfm. †Mayaitinae Spath 1928
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G. †Dhosaites
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Dhosaites otoitoides Spath 1928
Dhosaites primus Spath 1928
G. †Epimayaites Spath 1928
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Epimayaites axonoides Spath 1928
Epimayaites evolutus Spath 1928
Epimayaites falcoides Spath 1928
Epimayaites lautus Spath 1928
Epimayaites lemoini Spath 1924
Epimayaites polyphemus Waagen 1875
Epimayaites smeei Spath 1928
Epimayaites subtumidus Waagen 1875
Epimayaites transiens Waagen 1875
Epimayaites waageni Uhlig 1910
Invalid names: Stephanoceras nepalense Gray 1829 [nomen dubium]
G. †Mayaites
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Subg. †Mayaites (Araucanites) Westermann and Riccardi
Mayaites dolium Collignon 1959
Mayaites grepini Collignon 1959
Mayaites jumarensis Spath 1928
Mayaites maya Sowerby 1840
Mayaites rotundus Spath 1928
Mayaites subkobyi Spath 1928
G. †Paryphoceras Spath 1928
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Paryphoceras badiense Spath 1928
Paryphoceras crassum Collignon 1959
Paryphoceras grayi Spath 1924
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Invalid names: Stephanoceras nepalense Waagen 1875 [replaced]
Paryphoceras rugosum Spath 1928
Invalid names: Prograyiceras Spath 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available