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Kashmirites armatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae

Taxonomy
Celtites armatus was named by Waagen (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chidroo, topmost Ceratite Sandstone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Kashmirites armatus by Spath (1934), Brühwiler and Bucher (2012), Dai et al. (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. brashkei, K. oyensi, K. prosiradiatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Celtites armatus Waagen p. 75 figs. Pl 7, figs 1,7
1934Kashmirites armatus Spath
2012Kashmirites armatus Brühwiler and Bucher p. 24 figs. 19A-M
2023Kashmirites armatus Dai et al. fig. 14A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyKashmiritidae
genusKashmiritesDiener 1913
speciesarmatus()

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.

†Kashmirites armatus Waagen 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height59.905.4014.511.33.33
shell diameter530.317.345.033.410.3
shell inflation513.17.6020.014.34.94

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Pakistan Celtites armatus (143633) Kashmirites armatus (139141)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Xizang) Kashmirites armatus (226380 226383 229710)