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Kennicottia bifurcata

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Kennicottia bifurcata was named by Imlay (1959). Its type specimen is USNM 129870, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alaska, Kennicott Formation, USGS Mes. loc. 9972, which is in an Albian marginal marine shale/sandstone in the Kennicott Formation of Alaska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Kennicottia bifurcata Imlay pp. 183, 184 figs. pl. 30, figs. 8-13
1960Kennicottia bifurcata Imlay p. 103
1995Kennicottia bifurcata Alabushev fig. 6H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusKennicottia
speciesbifurcata

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.

†Kennicottia bifurcata Imlay 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height129.0
shell diameter163.0
shell inflation115.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Alaska) Kennicottia bifurcata (type locality: 38478 38502 38509 38510 88626)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Russian Federation Kennicottia bifurcata (169552)