Knightoceras kempae Miller and Youngquist 1949 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Koninckioceratidae

Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist. 1949. American Permian nautiloids. Geological Society of America Memoir 41:1-218

Belongs to Knightoceras according to A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist 1949

Sister taxa: Knightoceras lena, Knightoceras louphaphontaensis, Knightoceras oxylobatum, Knightoceras patulum, Knightoceras subcariniferum

Type specimen: Its type locality is England Schoolhouse, 1.5 miles N, Baylor County, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Clyde Formation of Texas

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 32.0

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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