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Procarnites kunlunensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Procarnitidae

Taxonomy
Procarnites kunlunensis was named by Wang and Yang (1992). Its type specimen is NIGP 107804 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qiemo 71-7G31-125, Kunlun Mountains, which is in a Spathian carbonate limestone in China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2010-04-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Procarnites kunlunensis Wang and Yang p. 354 figs. Pl 1, figs 7-9; text-fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMegaphyllitoidea(Mojsisovics 1896)
familyProcarnitidaeZhao 1959
genusProcarnitesArthaber 1911
specieskunlunensis

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.

Procarnites kunlunensis Wang and Yang 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height122.0
shell diameter144.1

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: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Xinjiang) Procarnites kunlunensis (type locality: 95732)