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Koninckites vetustus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae

Taxonomy
Koninckites vetustus was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chidroo, Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian marine sandstone in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. timorense

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Koninckites vetustus Waagen p. 261 figs. Pl 27, figs 4,5
1895Prionolobus rotundatus Waagen p. 310 figs. Pl 34, figs 1-3
1909Meekoceras smithii von Krafft
1909Meekoceras waageni von Krafft
1915Meekoceras rotundiforme Diener
1934Koninckites apertus Spath
1934Koninckites vetustus Spath
1934Prionolobus rotundatus Spath
2007Prionolobus rotundatus Zakharov and Mu p. 868 figs. 10.20, 10.21, 12.1-12.3
2010Prionolobus rotundatus Brühwiler et al. p. 728 fig. 6,7
2018Koninckites vetustus Ware and Bucher
2023Koninckites vetustus Dai et al. fig. 13J

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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
speciesvetustus

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 vetustus Waagen 1895
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Invalid names: Koninckites apertus Spath 1934 [synonym], Meekoceras smithii von Krafft 1909 [synonym], Meekoceras waageni von Krafft 1909 [synonym], Prionolobus rotundatus Waagen 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2223.010.245.124.69.01
shell diameter2248.325.286.250.815.7
shell inflation2210.17.0019.09.653.06

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 Griesbachian to the top of the Dienerian or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Prionolobus rotundatus (113866 113868 113871)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Xizang) Koninckites vetustus (226379)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9India (Himachal Pradesh) Koninckites vetustus (217570 217579 217607)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9India Prionolobus rotundatus (104979 104983)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan (Punjab) Koninckites vetustus (217491 217499 217506 217512)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan Koninckites apertus (215004) Koninckites vetustus (type locality: 143834) Prionolobus rotundatus (139060 140685 143632)