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Kamptokephalites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macrocephalitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Kamptokephalites Arkell et al. p. 294
2002Kamptokephalites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyStephanoceratoidea(Newmayr 1875)
familyMacrocephalitidae
genusKamptokephalites

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Middle Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) K. lamellosus (98168)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar K. dimerus (98121 98155) K. dimerus, K. besairiei, K. lamellosus (98091) K. dimerus, K. besairiei, K. spathi, K. sakondryensis, K. lamellosus (98184) K. lamellosus (98126 98194) K. lamellosus, K. misorobensis (98094) K. magnumbilicatus (98129 98159 98185)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) K. lamellosus, K. sakondryensis (98212)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France K. dimerus, K. herveyi, K. maconiensis (60615) K. grantanus (60535) K. herveyi (60565) K. sp. (60546 60548 60550)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Boeny) K. amboromihantensis (234096) K. magnumbilicatus (234099)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France K. cossmanni (60538) K. grantanus (60613) K. multicostata (60542) K. sp. (60554)