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Amoeboceras (Amoebites) kitchini

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae

Taxonomy
Cardioceras kitchini was named by Salfeld (1915). Its type specimen is BMNH 13312, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Amoeboceras (Amoebites) kitchini by Mesezhnikov (1984) and Schlegelmilch (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Cardioceras kitchini Salfeld p. 189 figs. Pl 19, figs 8-17; pl 20, figs 15,16
1925Amoebites acanthophorus Buckman figs. Pl 501, figs 1-3
1935Amoeboceras (Amoebites) irregulare Spath p. 32 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1984Amoeboceras (Amoebites) kitchini Mesezhnikov p. 89 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2; pl 3, fig 6; text-fig 6
1994Amoeboceras (Amoebites) kitchini Schlegelmilch p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyPrionoceratoidea()
familyPrionoceratidaeHyatt 1884
genusAmoeboceras
subgenusAmoebites
specieskitchini(Salfeld 1915)

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.

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Invalid names: Amoebites acanthophorus Buckman 1925 [synonym], Amoeboceras (Amoebites) irregulare Spath 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height221.511.639.925.820.0
shell diameter253.227.0105.066.055.2
shell inflation215.27.3031.519.417.1

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Amoeboceras kitchini (212493)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Amoeboceras kitchini (212945 212976) Cardioceras kitchini (212014 212015 212016 212017 212018 213103)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Amoeboceras kitchini (58774 58775)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Svalbard and Jan Mayen Cardioceras kitchini (211832)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation Amoebites kitchini (190891 190892) Amoeboceras kitchini (58837 58840)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Amoeboceras kitchini (163997)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Amoeboceras kitchini (58779 58780)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Amoeboceras kitchini (164301)