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Genuclymenia keepitensis

Cephalopoda - Clymeniida - Cymaclymeniidae

Taxonomy
Genuclymenia keepitensis was named by Jenkins (1968). Its type specimen is USGD 6827, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Keepit Dam, which is in a Famennian marine sandstone in the Mandowa Mudstone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Genuclymenia keepitensis Jenkins p. 536 figs. Pl 104, figs 1-4; text-fig 1g,h

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderClymeniidaHyatt 1884
suborderCyrtoclymeniina
superfamilyCyrtoclymenioidea()
familyCymaclymeniidae
subfamilyGenuclymeniinae
genusGenuclymeniaWedekind 1908
specieskeepitensis

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.

Genuclymenia keepitensis Jenkins 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height26.856.806.906.850.071
shell diameter216.516.316.816.60.354
shell inflation25.605.505.705.600.141

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:52
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:52
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (New South Wales) Genuclymenia keepitensis (type locality: 69306)