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Kargalites nandanensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae

Taxonomy
Kargalites nandanensis was named by Zhou (1987). Its type specimen is NIGP 94474 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Liuzhai, Nandan County, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Maping Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Kargalites nandanensis Zhou p. 140 figs. Pl 3, figs 14-18; text-fig 8
1990Kargalites nandanensis Bogoslovskaya p. 71
2002Kargalites nandanensis Leonova
2017Kargalites nandanensis Zhou p. 70 figs. 43.4, 43.5, 44.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMarathonitoidea(Ruzhencev 1938)
familyMarathonitidaeRuzhencev 1938
genusKargalitesRuzhencev 1938
speciesnandanensis

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter224.419.430.725.07.99

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Guangxi) Kargalites nandanensis (type locality: 95829)