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Morphoceras subpatescens

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Morphoceratidae

Taxonomy
Morphoceras subpatescens was named by Besnosov (1993). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 115/3069, 2612 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gerkez Mountain, Bolshoi Balkhan (top Meulam Fm), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in the Meulam Formation of Turkmenistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Morphoceras subpatescens Besnosov p. 237 figs. Pl 57, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyMorphoceratidae
genusMorphoceras
speciessubpatescens

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Morphoceras subpatescens Besnosov 1993
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Diagnosis
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