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Kentronites

Cephalopoda - Orthocerida

Taxonomy
Kentronites was named by Zhuravelva (1964). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Orthoceratida by Bogolepova (1995).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Kentronites Zhuravelva
1967Tambegiroceras Miagkova
1995Kentronites Bogolepova p. 156
2002Tambegiroceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderOrthoceridaKuhn 1940
genusKentronitesZhuravelva 1964

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.

G. †Kentronites Zhuravelva 1964
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Invalid names: Tambegiroceras Miagkova 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:35:22
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:56:59
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Aeronian or 443.40000 to 438.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) K. conulus (206464 206465)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Tambegiroceras sp., Tambegiroceras moyerocanum (206333)