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Gunnarites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy

Gunnarites was named by Kilian and Reboul (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 971].

It was reranked as Kossmaticeras (Gunnarites) by Kilian and Reboul (1909).

It was assigned to Kossmaticeras by Kilian and Reboul (1909); to Kossmaticeratidae by Henderson (1970), Lahsen and Charrier (1972); to Kossmaticeratinae by Kennedy and Klinger (1985), Macellari (1986); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

G. antarcticus, G. bhavaniformis, G. denticulatus, G. flexuosus, G. gunnari, G. inflatus, G. kalika, G. nordenskjoldi, G. pachys, G. paucinodatus, G. raggatti, G. rotundus, G. spathi, G. spinosissimus, G. varicostatus, G. zelandicus, Madrasites fortior

Synonyms

Madrasites fortior was named by Marshall (1926).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Henderson (1970).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1909	Gunnarites Kilian and Reboul
1909	Kossmaticeras (Gunnarites) Kilian and Reboul p. 33
1926	Madrasites fortior Marshall p. 166 figs. Pl 21, fig 12; pl 41, fig 3
1970	Gunnarites Henderson p. 53
1972	Gunnarites Lahsen and Charrier p. 529
1985	Gunnarites Kennedy and Klinger p. 222
1986	Gunnarites Macellari p. 42
2002	Gunnarites Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Desmoceratoidea	(Zittel 1895)
family	Kossmaticeratidae	Spath 1922
subfamily	Kossmaticeratinae	Spath 1922
genus	Gunnarites	Kilian and Reboul 1909

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.

G. †Gunnarites Kilian and Reboul 1909

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†Gunnarites antarcticus Weller 1903

†Gunnarites bhavaniformis Kilian and Reboul 1909

†Gunnarites denticulatus Marshall 1926

†Gunnarites flexuosus Spath 1953

†Gunnarites gunnari Kilian and Reboul 1925

†Gunnarites inflatus Kilian and Reboul 1909

†Gunnarites kalika Stolickzka 1865

†Gunnarites nordenskjoldi Kilian and Reboul 1909

†Gunnarites pachys Spath 1953

†Gunnarites paucinodatus Spath 1953

†Gunnarites raggatti Henderson and McNamara 1985

†Gunnarites rotundus Spath 1953

†Gunnarites spathi Henderson 1970

†Gunnarites spinosissimus Wetzel 1930

†Gunnarites varicostatus Henderson 1970

†Gunnarites zelandicus Marshall 1917

Invalid names: Madrasites fortior Marshall 1926 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	16	28.8	12.8	71.1	31.9	15.2
shell diameter	16	70.3	36.0	158.0	73.5	33.7
shell inflation	16	21.9	11.9	47.4	21.6	10.7

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 Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (89 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Piripauan	86.1 - 83.6	New Zealand	G. zelandicus (83536 83537)
Piripauan - Haumurian	86.1 - 66.0	New Zealand (Auckland)	G. sp., G. denticulatus (233885)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	New Zealand (North Auckland)	G. zelandicus (233890)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Antarctica	G. antarcticus (166117 166135 166141 166142 166144 166149 166151 166152 166153 166168 166169 166174) G. bhavaniformis (166129 166130 166131 166137 166150 166155 166156) G. flexuosus (166157 166161) G. gunnari (166139 166143) G. kalika (166134 166136 166140 166159 166160 166175 166177) G. kalika, G. bhavaniformis (166148) G. kalika, G. rotundus (166109) G. pachys (166158 166162 166166) G. pachys, G. flexuosus (166165) G. paucinodatus (166118) G. rotundus (166103 166108 166119)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	South Africa	G. antarcticus (82696)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Antarctica	G. bhavaniformis (82989) G. sp. (83388)
Haumurian	83.6 - 66.0	New Zealand (Northland)	G. varicostatus (233888)
Haumurian	83.6 - 66.0	New Zealand (North Auckland)	G. spathi (233889)
Haumurian	83.6 - 66.0	New Zealand	G. zelandicus (78379 78380)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Antarctica	G. antarcticus (39620)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Campanian	72.2 - 72.2	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	G. bhavaniformis (3124)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Antarctica	G. antarcticus (83550) G. sp. (48458)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Chile (Puerto Natales)	G. sp. (140919)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Chile	G. bhavaniformis (165491 165492 165499 165502) G. kalika (83617) G. kalika, G. antarcticus (83613) G. kalika, G. antarcticus, G. bhavaniformis, G. zelandicus (83614) G. sp. (83616)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Australia (Western Australia)	G. kalika (83845 83851 83852 83853 83854 83855 83856 83861 83864 157777 157781 157784 157785 157788 157789 157790 157791 157792) G. kalika, G. raggatti (83850 83857 83862 157778 157786)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	South Africa	G. antarcticus (82695) G. kalika (82508)