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Brahmaites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Brahmaites Henderson and McNamara p. 67
1993Brahmaites Ward and Kennedy p. 26
1995Brahmaites Kennedy p. 241
2002Brahmaites Sepkoski
2007Brahmaites Szives p. 129
2013Brahmaites Kennedy and Klinger p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922
genusBrahmaites

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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Subg. †Brahmaites (Anabrahmaites) Yabe and Shimizu 1924
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Invalid names: Puzosia haugi Seunes 1892 [synonym]
Subg. †Brahmaites (Brahmaites) Kossmat 1897
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†Brahmaites (Brahmaites) kossmati Henderson and McNamara 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2611.22.8032.011.910.2
shell diameter2640.011.0108.043.933.1
shell inflation2617.23.8056.021.616.9

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France B. brahma (165820)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0South Africa B. mikobokensis (66072)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) B. kossmati (83845 83857 83862 157788)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Oman B. vishnu (175463)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France Puzosia haugi (165598)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0South Africa B. mikobokensis (177454)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India Ammonites brahma, Ammonites vishnu (41428)