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Kashmirites utahensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae

Taxonomy
Kashmirites utahensis was named by Brayard et al. (2013). Its type specimen is UBGD 275017, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is DV2-3e, Dog Valley, Pahvant Range, which is in a Smithian transition zone/lower shoreface limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Utah.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Kashmirites utahensis Brayard et al. p. 163 fig. 20i

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyKashmiritidae
genusKashmiritesDiener 1913
speciesutahensis

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.

Kashmirites utahensis Brayard et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) Kashmirites utahensis (type locality: 156048)