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Dorsetensia arabica

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sonniniidae

Taxonomy
Dorsetensia arabica was named by Arkell (1952). Its type specimen is SM F10706, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 46, Khashm Dhibi area (Aramco S-1201), which is in a Bajocian carbonate limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. complanata, D. tecta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Dorsetensia arabica Arkell p. 269 figs. Pl 19, figs 3-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySonniniidaeBuckman 1892
subfamilyWitchelliinaeCallomon and Chandler 2006
genusDorsetensia
speciesarabica

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.

†Dorsetensia arabica Arkell 1952
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Diagnosis
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