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Euphemites chesterensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae

Taxonomy
Euphemites chesterensis was named by Jeffery et al. (1994). Its type specimen is USNM 463749, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 1. USGS 14369. Road cut on se side US 65, 0.8 km sw of Peyton Creek Bridge, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore grainstone/shale in the Imo Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Euphemites chesterensis Jeffery et al. pp. 59-60 figs. 4.1-4.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyEuphemitidae
subfamilyEuphemitinae
genusEuphemites
specieschesterensis

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.

†Euphemites chesterensis Jeffery et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
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