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Kitchinites spathi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Kitchinites spathi was named by Henderson and McNamara (1985). Its type specimen is WAM 84.632, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 8, Giralia Range [Miria Fm], which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Miria Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Kitchinites spathi Henderson and McNamara p. 57 figs. Pl 4, figs 5,6,9,10,14,15; text-fig 6b,c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusKitchinitesSpath 1922
speciesspathi

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.

†Kitchinites spathi Henderson and McNamara 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available