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Kilianella

Description

Kilianella is a genus of the ammonite family Neocomitidae. The shell of Kilianella is evolute with a slightly grooved venter and covered by strong, gently flexious, single or bifurcating ribs.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4622594https://www.gbif.org/species/4622594
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15074https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15074
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Neocomitidae : Kilianella
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Neocomitidae : Kilianella
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyNeocomitinaeSalfeld 1921
genusKilianellaUhlig 1905
Scientific NameKilianella Uhlig, 1905
Name Published InS. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturw. Cl., 114 (1)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Kilianellasubgenusbelongs to Hoplitesstated with evidencePervinquiére, 1907
Kilianellasubgenusbelongs to Thurmanniastated with evidenceSayn, 1907
Kilianellagenusbelongs to Ammonoideastated without evidenceImlay, 1960
Kilianellagenusbelongs to Neocomitinaestated with evidenceReboulet, 1996
Kilianellagenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Kilianellagenusbelongs to Neocomitinaestated with evidenceKlein, 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance145 - 140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance133 - 129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilianella

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Kilianella besairiei
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Kilianella crassiplicata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Kilianella lucensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
15145 Ma
Late Jurassic
133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Kilianella roubaudiana
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
38140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1905Kilianella Uhlig
1907Hoplites (Kilianella) Pervinquiére
1907Thurmannia (Kilianella) Sayn p. 51
1960Kilianella Imlay p. 218
1961Parakilianella Sato p. 546
1996Kilianella Reboulet p. 51
2002Kilianella Sepkoski, Jr.
2005Kilianella Klein p. 286

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Imlay R. W. (1960) Ammonites of Early Cretaceous age (Valanginian and Hauterivian) from the Pacific Coast states, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 334 F, 1-228
Reboulet S. (1996) L'évolution des ammonites du Valanginien-Hauterivien inférieur du bassin Vocontien et de la plate-form Provençale (sud-est de la France): relations avec la stratigraphie séquentielle et implications biostratigraphiques, Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie Lyon 137, 1-371
Klein J. (2005) Lower Cretaceous Ammonites I. Perisphinctaceae, Fossilum Catalogus I: Animalia 139, 1-484
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
S. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturw. Cl., 114 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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