Ceratites karstenii Klipstein 1843 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Full reference: A. Klipstein. 1843. Beschreibung neuer Versteinerungen von St. Cassian und einiger anderer Localitäten, Erster Abschnitt. Mollusken. Beiträge zur Geologischen Kenntniss der Östlichen Alpen 101-207

Belongs to Ceratites according to A. Klipstein 1843

Sister taxa: Ceratites (Austroceratites), Ceratites (Cycloceratites), Ceratites (Haydenites), Ceratites (Philippites), Ceratites (Salterites), Ceratites altecostatus, Ceratites anceps, Ceratites angularis, Ceratites antecedens, Ceratites armatus, Ceratites beneckei, Ceratites beyrichi, Ceratites bipunctatus, Ceratites celtitiformis, Ceratites comottii, Ceratites compressus, Ceratites delmatinus, Ceratites devasena, Ceratites dimorphus, Ceratites disculus, Ceratites enodis, Ceratites evolutus, Ceratites fuchsi, Ceratites haradai, Ceratites hauerianus, Ceratites hercynus, Ceratites humilis, Ceratites inflatus, Ceratites kamadeva, Ceratites loretzi, Ceratites luganensis, Ceratites mandhata, Ceratites middendorffi, Ceratites murchisonianus, Ceratites naumanni, Ceratites nodosus, Ceratites padma, Ceratites patella, Ceratites pessoidesdup, Ceratites petersi, Ceratites planus, Ceratites pradoi, Ceratites praecursor, Ceratites praespinosus, Ceratites prettoi, Ceratites pseudovindelicus, Ceratites riccardi, Ceratites riedeli, Ceratites robustus, Ceratites royleanus, Ceratites sagitta, Ceratites simplex, Ceratites spinosus, Ceratites sturi, Ceratites suavis, Ceratites superbiformis, Ceratites thuilleri, Ceratites truncus, Ceratites varisci, Ceratites vega, Ceratites visvakarma, Ceratites weaveri, Ceratites wynnei, Ceratites zezianum, Ceratites zitteli

Type specimen: BMNH C.35987. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Klipstein BMNH coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Klipstein BMNH coll)

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