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Kymatites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae

Taxonomy
Kymatites was named by Waagen (1895). Its type is Kymatites typus.

It was assigned to Pinacoceratidae by Kittl (1903); and to Gyronitidae by Spath (1934) and Zakharov and Mu (2007).

Species
K. posterus, K. typus (type species), K. xiaohensis, K. yanjiaensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Kymatites Waagen p. 210
1903Kymatites Kittl
1934Kymatites Spath
2007Kymatites Zakharov and Mu p. 869

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMeekocerataceaeWaagen 1895
familyGyronitidaeWaagen 1895
genusKymatites

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. †Kymatites Waagen 1895
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†Kymatites posterus Waagen 1895
†Kymatites typus Waagen 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1022.912.929.624.45.07
shell diameter1043.825.054.050.110.0
shell inflation108.036.6011.77.501.93

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) K. sp., K. yanjiaensis (113866) K. yanjiaensis (113868)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Oman K. hodgsoni (44824 44829 44831 44832)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2China (Guizhou) K. yanjiaensis (113869)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2China (Hubei) K. xiaohensis (95717) K. yanjiaensis (95718)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Azerbaijan K. sp. (110640)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Pakistan K. posterus (143828) K. typus (143827)