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Thambites planus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Stephanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Thambites planus was named by Arkell (1952). Its type specimen is SM F10761, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Juraifa area (Aramco S-1501), which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in the Dhruma Formation of Saudi Arabia. It is the type species of Thambites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Thambites planus Arkell p. 280 figs. Pl 23, fig 11; pl 24, figs 1-6; text-fig 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyStephanoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyClydoniceratinae(Buckman 1924)
genusThambites
speciesplanus

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.

†Thambites planus Arkell 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available