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Nowakites klamathonis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Nowakites klamathonis was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 61800.01, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 61800, Sidney Richardson Ranch, 4 miles north of Montague, which is in a Coniacian marine sandstone in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Nowakites klamathonis Anderson p. 230 figs. Pl 35, figs 1,1a,1b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusNowakites
speciesklamathonis

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.

Nowakites klamathonis Anderson 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height158.0
shell diameter1170.0
shell inflation161.0

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: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Nowakites klamathonis (type locality: 44269)