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Kepplerites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Kepplerites was named by Neumayr and Uhlig (1892) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath-u J Call-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites keppleri.

It was assigned to Cosmoceratidae by Imlay (1953); to Kosmoceratidae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Kepplerites Neumayr and Uhlig
1953Kepplerites Imlay p. 98
1957Kepplerites Arkell et al. p. 298
2002Kepplerites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyKosmoceratidaeHaug 1887
genusKeppleritesNeumayr and Uhlig 1892

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. †Kepplerites Neumayr and Uhlig 1892
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Subg. †Kepplerites (Kepplerites) Neumayr and Uhlig 1892
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Kepplerites enodatum Nikitin 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available