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Kammerkarites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae

Taxonomy
Kammerkarites was named by Spath (1924). Its type is Aegoceras diploptychum.

It was reranked as Waehneroceras (Kammerkarites) by Guerin-Franiatte (1990).

It was assigned to Waehneroceras by Guerin-Franiatte (1990); and to Schlotheimiidae by Yin et al. (2007), Meister et al. (2010), Howarth (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Kammerkarites Spath p. 195
1941Megastomoceras Lange p. 41
1990Waehneroceras (Kammerkarites) Guerin-Franiatte
2007Kammerkarites Yin et al. p. 732
2010Kammerkarites Meister et al.
2013Kammerkarites Howarth p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySchlotheimiidaeSpath 1923
genusKammerkarites

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. †Kammerkarites Spath 1924
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†Kammerkarites chinchillaensis Hillebrandt 2000
†Kammerkarites frigga Wahner 1884
†Kammerkarites megastoma Guembel 1861
†Kammerkarites rahana Wahner 1884
†Kammerkarites tumescens Guerin-Franiatte 1990
Invalid names: Megastomoceras Lange 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height2121.76.0058.021.215.6
diameter2139.916.0261.032.558.8
inflation2116.45.50154.014.035.3
shell height57.956.0012.07.502.61
shell diameter522.015.038.020.09.63
shell inflation58.236.0011.38.653.75

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Hettangian or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Chile K. bayoensis (209598 209603)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) K. sp. (208916 208917 208918 208919 208920 208922)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Argentina (Mendoza) K. bayoensis (209627)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5China K. sp., K. frigga (73931)
Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Italy (L'Aquila) K. sp. (196795)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5USA (Alaska) K. frigga (68645 68683 68685 68687 68688 68692) K. megastoma (68681)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) K. chinchillaensis (84734) K. frigga (84928 84933 84934) K. frigga, K. chinchillaensis, K. haploptychus (84927) K. frigga, K. haploptychus (84930 84962) K. frigga, K. haploptychus, K. megastoma (84954) K. frigga, K. haploptychus, K. praecoronoides (84926) K. haploptychus (84963 148311) K. rectiradiatus (84959) K. sp. (84733)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5Austria K. frigga, K. rahana (173594)
Liasicus201.4 - 199.5USA (Nevada) K. diploptychoides (188631) K. frigga (188626 188630) K. frigga, K. haploptychus, K. rectiradiatus (188619) K. haploptychus (188608 188632) K. praecoronoides (188617) K. tumescens (188627)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Chile K. bayoensis (209306 209354 209364 209372 209504 209505) K. diploptychoides (209275) K. diplotychoides (209507 209544) K. sp. (209276)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Italy (L'Aquila) K. sp. (196790)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) K. frigga (208928)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Peru K. diploptychoides (209049)
Middle Hettangian201.4 - 199.5New Caledonia K. paucicostatum (197682 197686 198300 198402 198403) K. sp. (198301)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Italy (L'Aquila) K. sp. (196791)
Middle Hettangian - Late/Upper Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Austria K. calcimontanus (27226)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5Austria K. frigga (145363)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5Canada (British Columbia) K. haploptychus (84741)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Austria K. calcimontanus (38056 38059) K. calcimontanus, K. kammerkarensis, K. euptychus, K. megastoma (38057)
Middle Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9New Caledonia K. paucicostatum (198416)