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Karakaschiceras biassalense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Hoplites biassalensis was named by Karakaschi (1889). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Karakaschiceras.

It was recombined as Karakaschiceras biassalensis by Reboulet (1996) and Klein (2005); it was recombined as Karakaschiceras biassalense by Avram and Gradinaru (1993) and Zell et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Hoplites inostranzevi Karakasch
1889Hoplites biassalensis Karakaschi p. 435 figs. pl. 1, figs. 4, 5
1993Karakaschiceras biassalense Avram and Gradinaru p. 681 figs. Pl 6, fig 9
1996Karakaschiceras biassalensis Reboulet p. 60 figs. Pl 1, figs 6,9
2005Karakaschiceras biassalensis Klein p. 327
2015Karakaschiceras biassalense Zell et al. p. 44 figs. 7e-f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyEndemoceratinaeSchindewolf 1966
genusKarakaschicerasThieuloy 1971
speciesbiassalense(Karakaschi 1889)

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.

Karakaschiceras biassalense Karakaschi 1889
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Invalid names: Hoplites inostranzevi Karakasch 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Late/Upper Valanginian or 139.80000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Mexico (Oaxaca) Karakaschiceras biassalense (171679 171681)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France Karakaschiceras biassalensis (201052 201054 201893 202892 202893 202979)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Morocco Karakaschiceras biassalense (65428 65429)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Romania Karakaschiceras biassalense (69198)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France Karakaschiceras biassalensis (202980 202981)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Morocco (Western High Atlas) Karakaschiceras biassalense (2063 2064)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Morocco (Agadir) Karakaschiceras biassalense (37860 37861 37970 38244 38268 38269 38290)