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Kingites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae

Taxonomy
Kingites was named by Waagen (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nm Sepkoski's reference number: 302].

It was reranked as Meekoceras (Kingites) by Diener (1897).

It was assigned to Meekoceras by Diener (1897); to Paranoritidae by Spath (1934); to Proptychitidae by Tozer (1994); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gyronitidae by Brühwiler and Bucher (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Kingites Waagen p. 230
1897Meekoceras (Kingites) Diener
1934Kingites Spath
1994Kingites Tozer p. 63
2002Kingites Sepkoski
2012Kingites Brühwiler and Bucher

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyMeekocerataceaeWaagen 1895
familyGyronitidaeWaagen 1895
genusKingites

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.

G. †Kingites Waagen 1895
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Kingites davidsonianus de Koninck 1863
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Invalid names: Kingites declivis Waagen 1895 [synonym], Kingites elegans Waterhouse 1996 [synonym], Kingites lens Waagen 1895 [synonym], Koninckites occlusus Spath 1934 [synonym]
Kingites discoidalis Tozer 1994
Kingites korni Brühwiler et al. 2010
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Invalid names: Kingites parkashi Brühwiler et al. 2010 [synonym]
Kingites korostelevi Zakharov 1978
Kingites minutus Waagen 1895
Kingites thulensis Tozer 1994
Kingites vidarbha Diener 1897
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available