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Churkites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae

Taxonomy
Churkites was named by Okuneva (1990). It is not extant. Its type is Churkites egregius.

It was assigned to Arctoceratidae by Jenks (2007), Brayard et al. (2013), Shigeta and Kumagae (2015), Zakharov et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Churkites Okuneva
2007Churkites Jenks p. 83
2013Churkites Brayard et al. p. 178
2015Churkites Shigeta and Kumagae p. 225
2024Churkites Zakharov et al. p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyArctoceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusChurkitesOkuneva 1990

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. †Churkites Okuneva 1990
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†Churkites egregius Zharnikova and Okuneva 1990
†Churkites noblei Jenks 2007
†Churkites subungunensis Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva 2024
†Churkites syaskoi Zakharov and Shigeta 2004
†Churkites ungunensis Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva 2024
†Churkites warei Jattiot et al. 2020
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2669.431.3130.071.025.4
shell diameter26172.759.0323.0181.577.7
shell inflation2643.88.70106.046.528.6

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: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Nevada) Arctoceras sp. (61515) C. noblei (97121)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Utah) C. noblei (156021 156022 156025 156052 156053 156054 156059 156062 156075)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation (Primorye) C. syaskoi (47242)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation C. egregius (171423 171424 171425 171426 171427 171428 171429 171430 171431 234650) C. subungunensis (234652) C. syaskoi (127750 168039 168042 168043 168044 168046 168047 168048 168049 234654 234655 234656 234657 241062 241064 241065 241067 241068 241070) C. ungunensis (234651)