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Kepplerites (Seymourites) alticostatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Kepplerites (Seymourites) alticostatus was named by Imlay (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108124, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 2992, Chisik Island, which is in a Callovian marine siliciclastic in the Chinitna Formation of Alaska.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. crucifer, K. loganianus, K. svalbardensis, K. trichophorus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Kepplerites (Seymourites) alticostatus Imlay p. 95 figs. Pl 48, figs 11,16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyKosmoceratidaeHaug 1887
genusKepplerites
subgenusSeymourites
speciesalticostatus

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
No diagnoses are available