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Knightoceras louphaphontaensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Koninckioceratidae

Taxonomy
Knightoceras louphaphontaensis was named by Ramsbottom and Moore (1961). Its type specimen is BGS Z1 7426, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality U, Main Cornavannoge River, which is in a Brigantian marine shale in Ireland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Knightoceras louphaphontaensis Ramsbottom and Moore p. 639 figs. Pl 30, figs 2-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyKoninckioceratidaeHyatt in Zittel 1900
genusKnightocerasMiller and Owen 1934
specieslouphaphontaensis

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.

†Knightoceras louphaphontaensis Ramsbottom and Moore 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Ireland Knightoceras louphaphontaensis (224293 224458 224463 type locality: 224466 224468)