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Brahmaites (Brahmaites) brahma

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites brahma was named by Forbes (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India. It is the type species of Brahmaites, Brahmaites (Brahmaites).

It was recombined as Brahmaites brahma by Kennedy (1986); it was recombined as Brahmaites (Brahmaites) brahma by Kennedy and Henderson (1992) and Ward and Kennedy (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites brahma Forbes p. 100 figs. Pl 8, fig 1
1986Brahmaites brahma Kennedy p. 29 figs. 10A-K
1992Brahmaites (Brahmaites) brahma Kennedy and Henderson p. 410 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-3; pl 8, figs 1-11; pl 9, figs 1-4,8-16; text-fig 5
1993Brahmaites (Brahmaites) brahma Ward and Kennedy p. 28 figs. 23.4, 26.2-26.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922
genusBrahmaites
subgenusBrahmaitesKossmat 1897
speciesbrahma()

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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