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Kepplerites
Taxonomy
Kepplerites was named by Neumayr and Uhlig (1892) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath-u J Call-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites keppleri.
It was assigned to Cosmoceratidae by Imlay (1953); to Kosmoceratidae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Cosmoceratidae by Imlay (1953); to Kosmoceratidae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1892 | Kepplerites Neumayr and Uhlig |
| 1953 | Kepplerites Imlay p. 98 |
| 1957 | Kepplerites Arkell et al. p. 298 |
| 2002 | Kepplerites Sepkoski |
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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. †Kepplerites Neumayr and Uhlig 1892
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Subg. †Kepplerites (Kepplerites) Neumayr and Uhlig 1892
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†Kepplerites (Kepplerites) keppleri Oppel 1862
†Kepplerites (Kepplerites) toricellii Oppel 1862
†Kepplerites enodatum Nikitin 1881
†Kepplerites lorinclarki Imlay 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 15 | 20.8 | 15.5 | 24.0 | 21.0 | 2.32 | |
| shell diameter | 15 | 50.9 | 34.0 | 57.0 | 52.0 | 5.61 | |
| shell inflation | 15 | 13.5 | 10.0 | 18.0 | 13.5 | 2.08 |
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Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bathonian | Canada (British Columbia) | K. sp. (37609) | |
| Bathonian - Callovian | Canada (British Columbia) | K. loganianus (37629) K. sp. (37628 37630) | |
| Callovian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | K. gowerianus (163723) | |
| Callovian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | K. svalbardensis (212943 212974) | |
| Callovian | USA (Alaska) | K. sp. (68900 68901 68911) | |
| Callovian | USA (California) | K. lorinclarki (192805) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | Russian Federation | K. crucifer, K. curtilobus, K. trichophorus (38837) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | Azerbaijan | K. keppleri (163867) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | Switzerland | K. enodatum (171556 171754 171755) K. sp., K. enodatum (171753) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | Germany | K. keppleri (62259) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | Switzerland | K. sp. (171572) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | Madagascar | K. sp. (98170) | |
| Middle Callovian | Switzerland | K. enodatum (171554) | |
| Middle Callovian | France | K. guielmii (169953) |