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Groomodiscus calcifer

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon calcifer was named by Cleland (1900). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed V 2, large quarry ΒΌ mile south of RR track, Fort Hunter hamlet, Florida, which is in a Gasconadian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Tribes Hill Formation of New York.

It was recombined as Groomodiscus calcifer by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Bellerophon calcifer Cleland p. 126 figs. pl. 15 f. 15-18
2023Groomodiscus calcifer Wagner p. S4956

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
genusGroomodiscus
speciescalcifer()

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.

Groomodiscus calcifer Cleland 1900
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