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Kitchinites (Neopuzosia) ishikawai

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Desmoceras ishikawai was named by Jimbo (1894). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Neopuzosia ishikawai by Matsumoto (1954) and Jones (1966); it was recombined as Kitchinites (Neopuzosia) ishikawai by Haggart and Ward (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Desmoceras ishikawai Jimbo p. 28 figs. pl. 17
1954Neopuzosia ishikawai Matsumoto p. 94 figs. Pl. 19, figs. 1a, b, 2a, b, 3a, b, 4; Pl. 23, fig. 2a-d, Text fig. 3
1966Neopuzosia ishikawai Jones p. 201
1989Kitchinites (Neopuzosia) ishikawai Haggart and Ward p. 220

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusKitchinitesSpath 1922
subgenusNeopuzosia()
speciesishikawai(Jimbo 1894)

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) Neopuzosia ishikawai (88628)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Kitchinites ishikawai (64577)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan (Hokkaido) Neopuzosia ishikawai (94689)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Japan (Sapporo) Kitchinites ishikawai (98848)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Russian Federation (Sakhalinskaya) Kitchinites ishikawai (64691)