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Renites kiensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prolobitidae

Taxonomy
Renites kiensis was named by Bogoslovsky (1969). Its type specimen is PIN 1447/234, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kiya River source, bed 7, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Renites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Renites kiensis Bogoslovsky p. 193 figs. Pl 8, figs 9-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyDimeroceratoideaHyatt 1884
familyProlobitidaeWedekind 1913
subfamilyProlobitinaeWedekind 1913
genusRenites
specieskiensis

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.

†Renites kiensis Bogoslovsky 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height313.410.818.512.04.14
shell diameter325.020.334.422.47.61
shell inflation30.0010.0010.0010.001-

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: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Kazakhstan Renites kiensis (type locality: 172165)