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Gunnarites spathi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Gunnarites spathi was named by Henderson (1970). Its type specimen is NZGS CE.2129, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Q08/f9639, Southern banks of Opu Creek, Upper Kaipara Harbour, which is in a Haumurian marine horizon in the Otamatea Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Gunnarites spathi Henderson p. 56 figs. Pl 12, figs 1,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922
genusGunnaritesKilian and Reboul 1909
speciesspathi

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.

†Gunnarites spathi Henderson 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Haumurian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Haumurian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (North Auckland) Gunnarites spathi (type locality: 233889)