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Kingites minutus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae

Taxonomy
Kingites minutus was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Virgal, lower Ceratite Sandstone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Kingites minutus Waagen p. 235 figs. Pl 36, figs 6a,b, 7a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMeekocerataceaeWaagen 1895
familyGyronitidaeWaagen 1895
genusKingites
speciesminutus

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.

Kingites minutus Waagen 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height112.0
shell diameter125.0
shell inflation15.00

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: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Pakistan Kingites minutus (type locality: 143642)