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Keuppia levante

Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Palaeoctopodidae

Taxonomy
Keuppia levante was named by Fuchs et al. (2009). Its type specimen is MSNM i26320 and is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Hadjoula (MSNM collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate carbonate in Lebanon. It is the type species of Keuppia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Keuppia levante Fuchs et al. p. 67 figs. 2, 3, 4D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
Neocoleoidea
superorderOctobrachiaFiorini 1981
orderOctopodaLeach 1818
familyPalaeoctopodidaeDollo 1912
genusKeuppia
specieslevante

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.

Keuppia levante Fuchs et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:28:52
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:28:52
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Keuppia levante (type locality: 69119)