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Karakaschiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Karakaschiceras Thieuloy p. 2299
1996Karakaschiceras Reboulet p. 57
1998Karakaschiceras Ettachfini et al. p. 322
2005Karakaschiceras Klein p. 327
2015Karakaschiceras Zell et al. p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyEndemoceratinaeSchindewolf 1966
genusKarakaschicerasThieuloy 1971

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.

G. †Karakaschiceras Thieuloy 1971
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†Karakaschiceras attenuatus Behrendsen 1892
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Invalid names: Leopoldia elauta Leanza and Giovine 1949 [synonym]
†Karakaschiceras biassalense Karakaschi 1889
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Invalid names: Hoplites inostranzevi Karakasch 1889 [synonym]
†Karakaschiceras companyi Reboulet 1996
†Karakaschiceras lycoris Leanza and Giovine 1949
†Karakaschiceras neumayri Behrendsen 1892
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Invalid names: Hoplites leenhardti Kilian 1896 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height8434.513.096.031.515.3
diameter8467.927.0180.061.025.2
inflation8410.76.0022.011.03.52

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Late/Upper Valanginian or 139.80000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France K. biassalensis (201052 201054 202892 202893 202979) K. quadristrangulatum (202410 202411 202886) K. sp. (202413 202416) K. sp., K. biassalensis, K. quadristrangulatum (201893) K. sp., K. quadristrangulatum (202415)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki) K. heteroptychum, K. quadristrangulatum, K. pronecostatum (192513) K. quadristrangulatum (192512)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Morocco K. biassalense (65428) K. brandesi, K. biassalense (65429)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Mexico (Oaxaca) K. biassalense (171679 171681)
Early/Lower Valanginian - Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France K. sp. (55744)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Romania K. biassalense (69198)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Italy K. pronecostatum (65597)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France K. biassalensis (202980 202981) K. companyi (202544 202547 202550 202555 202560 202563 202564) K. n. sp. 1 (202791) K. pronecostatum (202426 202428 202435 202436 202437 202697 202760 202766) K. sp. (202427 202434 202551 202691 202693 202700 202767 202768 202769 202777) K. sp., K. companyi (202546 202548) K. sp., K. pronecostatum (65897 65899 202424 202430 202431 202432 202433 202502 202695 202699 202764)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Argentina K. attenuatus (65435 65436 65437 65444 65448) K. neumayri (65438 65449 65450 157610) Leopoldia lycoris (171725)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Hungary K. sp. (111311)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki) K. karakaschi (192521) K. pruszkowsku, K. biassalence, K. gibbosum (192523)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Mexico K. sp. (74351)
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian140.2 - 130.0Argentina K. attenuatus (65447 66646)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Argentina K. sp. (37732)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Morocco (Agadir) K. attenuatus (37971 38245) K. biassalense (38268 38269 38290) K. copei, K. biassalense (37970) K. heteroptychum, K. biassalense (38244) K. inostranzewi, K. biassalense (37860 37861)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Morocco (Western High Atlas) K. biassalense, K. pronecostatum (2064) K. brandesi, K. biassalense (2063) K. inostransewi (2062)