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Episculites decrescens

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Episculitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites decrescens was named by Hauer (1855).

It was recombined as Episculites decrescens by Spath (1951) and Tatzreiter (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Ammonites decrescens Hauer
1951Episculites decrescens Spath p. 114
1981Episculites decrescens Tatzreiter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyEpisculitidae()
genusEpisculites
speciesdecrescens(Hauer 1855)

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.

†Episculites decrescens Hauer 1855
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available