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Kabylites

Description

Kabylites is a narrow, straight shelled Lower Cretaceous ancyloceratid resembling Bochianites in general form. Kabylites differs from Bochianites in having an umbilical lobe more or less the same size as the first lateral lobe. In Bochianites the umbilical lobe is much reduced in size.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4627048https://www.gbif.org/species/4627048
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15055https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15055
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Bochianitidae : Kabylites
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
superfamilyBochianitoideaSpath 1922
familyBochianitidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyBochianitinaeSpath 1922
genusKabylitesDelga 1954
Scientific NameKabylites Delga, 1954
Name Published InC. R. Soc. Géol. Fr., 7
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Kabylitesgenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Kabylitesgenusbelongs to Bochianitidaestated with evidenceKlein et al., 2007
Kabylitesgenusbelongs to Bochianitinaestated with evidenceEl Qot, 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance122 - 112 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/Kabylites

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Kabylites superstes
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1954Kabylites Durand Delga p. 136
2002Kabylites Sepkoski, Jr.
2007Kabylites Klein et al. p. 12
2018Kabylites El Qot p. 164

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Klein J., Busnardo R., et al (2007) Lower Cretaceous Ammonites III. Bochianitoidea, Protancyloceratoidea, Ancyloceratoidea, Ptychoceratoidea, Fossilium Catalogus I: Animalia 144, 1-381
El Qot G. M. (2018) Aptian-early Cenomanian ammonites from north Sinai, Egypt: systematic paleontology and biostratigraphy, Cretaceous Research 85, 142-171
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
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
C. R. Soc. Géol. Fr., 7 - 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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