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Gunnarites raggatti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Gunnarites raggatti was named by Henderson and McNamara (1985). Its type specimen is WAM 81.2542, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 5, Giralia Range [Miria Fm], which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Miria Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Gunnarites raggatti Henderson and McNamara p. 60 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-4,9,10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922
genusGunnaritesKilian and Reboul 1909
speciesraggatti

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.

Gunnarites raggatti Henderson and McNamara 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height417.812.834.015.29.90
shell diameter447.636.086.040.823.6
shell inflation416.913.028.015.06.95

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Gunnarites raggatti (83850 83857 type locality: 83862 157778 157786)