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Kilianella crassiplicata

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Hoplites crassiplicatus was named by Stanton (1895) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Cretaceous; Pacific Coast, North America.]. Its type specimen is USNM 23094, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Berriasella crassiplicata by Anderson (1938); it was recombined as Kilianella crassiplicata by Imlay (1960) and Imlay and Jones (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Hoplites crassiplicatus Stanton pp. 81-82 figs. pl. 18, fig. 8
1938Berriasella crassiplicata Anderson pp. 163 - 164
1960Kilianella crassiplicata Imlay p. 218
1970Kilianella crassiplicata Imlay and Jones p. B50 figs. Plate 14, figures 27-31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyNeocomitinaeSalfeld 1921
genusKilianellaUhlig 1905
speciescrassiplicata()

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.

Kilianella crassiplicata Stanton 1895
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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: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Valanginian or 139.80000 to 136.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4USA (California) Kilianella crassiplicata (185367)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9USA (California) Berriasella crassiplicata (83604) Kilianella crassiplicata (83601 83603 224798 224799)