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Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) madrasinus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites madrasinus was named by Stolickza (1865) [DISTRIBUTION: Santonian-Campanian; India; southern Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) madrasinus by Kennedy and Klinger (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Ammonites madrasinus Stolickza p. 139 figs. pl. 70, figs. 1-3
1985Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) madrasinus Kennedy and Klinger p. 206

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922
genusKossmaticerasde Grossouvre 1901
subgenusKarapadites(Collignon 1954)
speciesmadrasinus(Stolickza 1865)

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.

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Diagnosis
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