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Episculitidae

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Episculitidae

Taxonomy
Episculitinae was named by Spath (1951).

It was reranked as the family Episculitidae by Tozer (1981) and Tozer (1994).

It was assigned to Haloritidae by Spath (1951) and Tatzreiter (1981); and to Tropitaceae by Tozer (1981) and Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Episculitinae Spath p. 113
1981Episculitinae Tatzreiter
1981Episculitidae Tozer
1994Episculitidae Tozer p. 252

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyEpisculitidae()
familyEpisculitidae()

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.

Fm. †Episculitidae Spath 1951
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G. †Episculites Spath 1951
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Episculites browni McLearn 1939
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Invalid names: Isculites ornatus McLearn 1947 [synonym]
Episculites crassus Tozer 1994
Episculites decrescens Hauer 1855
Episculites eunapii Diener 1923
Episculites subdecrescens Mojsisovics 1893
Episculites teres McLearn 1947
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Invalid names: Isculites corpulentus McLearn 1947 [synonym]
Episculites wrighti Tozer 1994
G. †Hypisculites Spath 1951
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Hypisculites dieneri Pakuckas 1928
Hypisculites minor Tozer 1994
Hypisculites stelcki McLearn 1940
G. †Martolites Diener 1916
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Martolites kraffti Diener 1906
G. †Parisculites Tozer 1994
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Parisculites mundus McLearn 1947
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Invalid names: Lecanites beattii McLearn 1947 [synonym]
Parisculites obolinus Dittmar 1886
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available