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Parahoplites melchioris

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Parahoplitidae

Taxonomy
Parahoplites melchioris was named by Anthula (1899). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Parahoplites.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. consobrinus, P. cunningtoni, P. fissicostatus, P. milletianus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Parahoplites melchioris Anthula
1949Parahoplites melchioris Stoyanow p. 99
2007Parahoplites melchioris Szives p. 72 figs. Pl 11, figs 1,4,5
2019Parahoplites melchioris Lehmann et al. p. 221 figs. 4B,F, 5C, 7F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDeshayesitoidea(Stoyanow 1949)
familyParahoplitidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyParahoplitinaeSpath 1922
genusParahoplitesAnthula 1899
speciesmelchiorisAnthula 1899

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.

†Parahoplites melchioris Anthula 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available