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Solenochilus kempae

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Solenochilidae

Taxonomy
Solenochilus kempae was named by Miller and Youngquist (1949). Its type specimen is CU 18061 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Seymour, 10 miles southeast, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Lueders Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Solenochilus kempae Miller and Youngquist p. 133 figs. Pl 28, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyAipoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familySolenochilidaeHyatt 1883
genusSolenochilus()
specieskempae

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.

Solenochilus kempae Miller and Youngquist 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Solenochilus kempae (type locality: 113428)