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Epikellnerites spinatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Epikellnerites spinatus was named by Vörös (2018). Its type specimen is HNHM PAL 2017.23.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mencshely I, bed 9, which is in an Illyrian marine claystone in the Vászoly Formation of Hungary.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Epikellnerites spinatus Vörös p. 72 figs. Pl 9, figs 6,7; text-fig 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyParaceratitinaeSilberling 1962
genusEpikellnerites
speciesspinatus

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.

†Epikellnerites spinatus Vörös 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Epikellnerites spinatus (type locality: 199584)