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Kamenushkaites acutus

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae

Taxonomy
Kamenushkaites acutus was named by Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva (2016). Its type specimen is DVGI 91/852, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kamenushka-1 section, sample 955-3, which is in a Spathian offshore siliciclastic in the Kamenushka Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Kamenushkaites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Kamenushkaites acutus Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva p. 237 figs. Pl 4, figs 4,5; text-fig 2b-e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyUssuritoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPalaeophyllitidaePopov 1958
genusKamenushkaites
speciesacutus

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.

Kamenushkaites acutus Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height214.412.916.014.42.19
shell diameter240.439.941.040.50.778
shell inflation214.814.215.514.80.919

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Spathian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation Kamenushkaites acutus (179356 type locality: 179367)