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Koninckites varaha

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae

Taxonomy
Meekoceras (Kingites) varaha was named by Diener (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Ussuridiscus.

It was recombined as Koninckites varaha by Zakharov (1968); it was recombined as Ussuridiscus varaha by Shigeta and Zakharov (2009), Ware and Bucher (2018), Ware and Bucher (2018), Dai et al. (2019) and Jenks et al. (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. timorense

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Meekoceras (Kingites) varaha Diener
1897Meekoceras (Kingites) varaha Diener
1968Koninckites varaha Zakharov
2007Hubeitoceras wangi Zakharov and Mu p. 871 figs. 13.17-13.19, 15.2-15.5
2009Ussuridiscus varaha Shigeta and Zakharov p. 69
2018Ussuridiscus varaha Ware and Bucher
2019Ussuridiscus varaha Dai et al. p. 61 figs. 15.1-15.5, 15.8-15.18
2025Ussuridiscus varaha Jenks et al. p. 17 figs. 11A-P

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNoritoidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyParanoritidaeSpath 1930
genusKoninckites
speciesvaraha(Diener 1895)

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.

†Koninckites varaha Diener 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Olenekian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5India Meekoceras varaha (44019 85463)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Primorye) Koninckites varaha (47268 47269 47270 47272)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation Koninckites varaha (61961)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Russian Federation (Primorye) Koninckites varaha (47228 47229)