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Kellawaysites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Reineckeiidae

Taxonomy
Kellawaysites was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Reineckeia (Kellawaysites) by Imlay (1953).

It was assigned to Reineckeia by Imlay (1953); to Reineckeiidae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Reineckeia (Kellawaysites) Imlay p. 101
1957Kellawaysites Arkell et al. p. 312
2002Kellawaysites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyReineckeiidaeHyatt 1900
genusKellawaysites

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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†Kellawaysites argoviensis Jeannet 1951
†Kellawaysites multicostatus Petitclerc 1915
†Kellawaysites oxyptychus Neumayr 1870
†Kellawaysites planissimus Jeannet 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height449.632.0125.039.544.5
shell diameter4142.780.0334.0128.8116.2
shell inflation453.228.0126.053.546.7

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland K. multicostatus, K. argoviensis, K. oxyptychus (171556)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France K. pulvinatus (60430 60432) K. pulvinatus, K. oxyptychus (60431)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar K. planissimus (98130)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France K. thiebauti (60438)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland K. multicostatus, K. planissimus (171552) K. planissimus (171747 171762)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany Reineckeia sp. (62276)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France K. greppini (60552) K. oxyptychius, K. sp. (60538) K. sp. (60543)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland K. planissimus (171592 171743)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar K. oxyptychoides (98157)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland K. planissimus (171746) K. sp. (171568)