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Koninckites khoorensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae

Taxonomy
Proptychites khoorensis was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West of Khoora, base of Ceratite Marls, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Ceratite Marls Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Koninckites khoorensis by Ware and Bucher (2018), Ware and Bucher (2018), Dai et al. (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. krafti, K. lingyuensis, K. liratus, K. lolouensis, K. rectangularis, K. timorense

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Dinarites minutus Waagen p. 31 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,2
1895Proptychites khoorensis Waagen p. 176 figs. Pl 20, fig 4
1895Proptychites undatus Waagen p. 180 figs. Pl 24, fig 4
1895Meekoceras koninckianum Waagen p. 245 figs. Pl 26, figs 6a-d
1895Koninckites ovalis Waagen p. 262 figs. Pl 28, figs 3,4
1909Meekoceras tenuistriatum von Krafft
1922Proptychites undatus Welter
1934Koninckites ovalis Spath
1996Prejuvenites angdawai Waterhouse
1996Proptychites chuluensis Waterhouse
2018Koninckites khoorensis Ware and Bucher
2023Koninckites khoorensis Dai et al. fig. 13K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNoritoidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyParanoritidaeSpath 1930
genusKoninckites
specieskhoorensis()

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.

†Koninckites khoorensis Waagen 1895
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Invalid names: Dinarites minutus Waagen 1895 [synonym], Koninckites ovalis Waagen 1895 [synonym], Meekoceras koninckianum Waagen 1895 [synonym], Meekoceras tenuistriatum von Krafft 1909 [synonym], Prejuvenites angdawai Waterhouse 1996 [synonym], Proptychites chuluensis Waterhouse 1996 [synonym], Proptychites undatus Waagen 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1412.53.5036.014.410.7
shell diameter1430.26.0068.039.019.7
shell inflation145.991.0013.07.703.90

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: base of the Dienerian to the top of the Smithian or 250.50000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan Dinarites minutus, Meekoceras koninckianum, Koninckites ovalis (143632) Koninckites khoorensis (192907) Proptychites khoorensis (102319 type locality: 143814) Proptychites undatus (143822)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9USA (Nevada) Meekoceras tenuistriatum (96955)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Guangxi) Proptychites sp. (104972)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Xizang) Koninckites khoorensis (229706 229707 229708 229709 229739)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan (Punjab) Koninckites khoorensis (217489 217490 217498 217505)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9India (Himachal Pradesh) Koninckites khoorensis (217569 217578 217589 217595 217599 217605 217606)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9India Proptychites khoorensis (104982)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Indonesia Proptychites undatus (205639)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Gunagxi) Proptychites undatus (44000 44014)