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Churkites subungunensis

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae

Taxonomy
Churkites subungunensis was named by Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva (2024). Its type specimen is DVGI 110/853, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Western SMID quarry (Anasibirites nevolini zone), which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Zhitkov Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Churkites subungunensis Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva p. 40 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2; text-fig 5d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyArctoceratidaeArthaber 1911
genusChurkitesOkuneva 1990
speciessubungunensis

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.

Churkites subungunensis Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height251.550.053.051.52.12
shell diameter2130.8105.0163.0134.041.0
shell inflation237.324.058.041.024.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation Churkites subungunensis (type locality: 234652)