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Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) besairieri
Taxonomy
Karapadites besairieri was named by Collignon (1954) [DISTRIBUTION: Santonian-Campanian; southern Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) besairieri by Kennedy and Klinger (1985).
It was recombined as Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) besairieri by Kennedy and Klinger (1985).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1954 | Karapadites besairieri Collignon p. 29 figs. pl. 7, fig. 3 |
| 1985 | Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) besairieri Kennedy and Klinger p. 207 |
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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.
†Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) besairieri Collignon 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 34.3 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 96.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 32.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | South Africa | Kossmaticeras besairieri (82628) |