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Kashmirites armatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae

Taxonomy
Celtites armatus was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chidroo, topmost Ceratite Sandstone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Kashmirites armatus by Spath (1934), Brühwiler and Bucher (2012) and Dai et al. (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Celtites armatus Waagen p. 75 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,7
1934Kashmirites armatus Spath
2012Kashmirites armatus Brühwiler and Bucher p. 24 figs. 19A-M
2023Kashmirites armatus Dai et al. fig. 14A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyKashmiritidae
genusKashmiritesDiener 1913
speciesarmatus()

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.

Kashmirites armatus Waagen 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available