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Kargalites simplex

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae

Taxonomy
Kargalites simplex was named by Leonova (1992). Its type specimen is PIN 4240/71 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Charymdara River, sample D51a-17, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Khoridzhskaya Formation of Tajikistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. subquadratum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Kargalites simplex Leonova p. 155 figs. Pl 32, fig 3
2002Kargalites simplex Leonova

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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
speciessimplex

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.

†Kargalites simplex Leonova 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height112.0
shell diameter121.0

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: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Tajikistan Kargalites simplex (130221 type locality: 130243)