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Ammodiscus auricula

Ammodiscidae

Taxonomy
Ammodiscus auricula was named by Chapman (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wedmore Hill, bed 2, which is in a Rhaetian marine claystone in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Ammodiscus auricula Chapman p. 319

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familyAmmodiscidaeReuss 1862
genusAmmodiscusReuss 1862
speciesauricula

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.

Ammodiscus auricula Chapman 1895
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Diagnosis
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