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Gunnarites kalika

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites kalika was named by Stolickzka (1865) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Antarctica, South Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Gunnarites kalika by Spath (1953), Lahsen and Charrier (1972), Kinger and Kennedy (1980), Henderson and McNamara (1985), Kennedy and Klinger (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Ammonites kalika Stolickzka p. 140 figs. pl. 70, figs. 5a-b
1953Gunnarites kalika Spath p. 33 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-6
1972Gunnarites kalika Lahsen and Charrier p. 529 figs. Pl 2, figs 3-6
1980Gunnarites kalika Kinger and Kennedy p. 299
1985Gunnarites kalika Henderson and McNamara p. 59 figs. Pl 5, figs 8-15; text-figs 7b,c,8
1985Gunnarites kalika Kennedy and Klinger p. 228

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922
genusGunnaritesKilian and Reboul 1909
specieskalika(Stolickzka 1865)

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 kalika Stolickzka 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height229.627.032.429.73.82
shell diameter265.760.072.066.08.49
shell inflation216.715.018.716.92.62

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: base of the Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Gunnarites kalika (166109 166134 166136 166140 166148 166159 166160 166175 166177)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile Gunnarites kalika (83613 83614 83617)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Africa Gunnarites kalika (82508)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Gunnarites kalika (83845 83850 83851 83852 83853 83854 83855 83856 83857 83861 83862 83864 157777 157778 157781 157784 157785 157786 157788 157789 157790 157791 157792)