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Kitchinites pondicherryanus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Holcodiscus pondicherryanus was named by Kossmat (1897). It is the type species of Kitchinites.

It was recombined as Kitchinites pondicherryanus by Kennedy and Henderson (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Holcodiscus pondicherryanus Kossmat p. 40 figs. Pl 6, fig 6
1992Kitchinites pondicherryanus Kennedy and Henderson p. 407 figs. Pl 3, figs 10-12; text-fig 4A

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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
speciespondicherryanus(Kossmat 1897)

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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Diagnosis
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