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Kushanites kirgizorum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Homoceratidae

Taxonomy
Kushanites kirgizorum was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1975). Its type specimen is PIN 2195/3014, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Kushanites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Kushanites kirgizorum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 50 figs. Pl 5, figs 4,5; text-fig 3a
1978Kushanites kirgizorum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 226 figs. Pl 21, figs 10,11; text-fig 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGastrioceratoidea()
familyHomoceratidaeSpath 1934
subfamilyDecoritinae(Ruzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1975)
genusKushanitesRuzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1975
specieskirgizorumRuzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1975

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.

Kushanites kirgizorum Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height16.30
shell diameter118.0
shell inflation16.20

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Yeadonian or 320.00000 to 318.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7Uzbekistan Kushanites kirgizorum (68208 68210 68211)