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Knightites multicornutus
Taxonomy
Knightites multicornutus was named by Moore (1941). Its type specimen is KU 32693, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is US Highway 40, 9.4 miles west of Lawrence, 3 miles south of Lecompton, which is in a Virgilian carbonate limestone in the Deer Creek Formation of Kansas.
It was recombined as Knightites (Knightites) multicornutus by Knight et al. (1960).
It was recombined as Knightites (Knightites) multicornutus by Knight et al. (1960).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1941 | Knightites multicornutus Moore pp. 153 - 156 figs. pl. 3 f. 1a-b, 2a-b, 3a-b, 4, 5a-b, 6a-d, 7, 8a-c, 9, 10a-b; txt. f. 5A-B |
| 1960 | Knightites (Knightites) multicornutus Knight et al. pp. I184 fig. 103.2 |
| 2023 | Knightites multicornutus Wagner p. S7140 |
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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.
†Knightites multicornutus Moore 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||