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Knemiceras tunisiense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae

Taxonomy
Knemiceras tunisiense was named by Latil and Jaillard (2023). Its type specimen is UJF-ID.15143, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is FA.18, Foum el Argoub, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Zebbag Formation of Tunisia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. gracilis, K. raimondi, K. raimondii, K. syricum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Knemiceras tunisiense Latil and Jaillard p. 18 figs. 15I-M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEngonoceratoideaHyatt 1903
familyKnemiceratidaeHyatt 1903
genusKnemiceras
speciestunisiense

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.

†Knemiceras tunisiense Latil and Jaillard 2023
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height130.0
shell diameter165.0
shell inflation111.0

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: Early/Lower Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Tunisia Knemiceras tunisiense (type locality: 232808)