†Valhallites westforkensis Niko and Mapes 2016 (nautiloid)
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Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Koninckioceratidae
Full reference: S. Niko and R. H. Mapes. 2016. Coiled nautiloids from the Lower Carboniferous Fayetteville Formation in Arkansas, midcontinent North America. Paleontological Research 20:7-17
Belongs to Valhallites according to S. Niko and R. H. Mapes 2016
Sister taxa: Valhallites boreus, Valhallites kashirtzevi, Valhallites ornatus, Valhallites sakhaensis, Valhallites taymiricus, Valhallites tuberculatus
Type specimen: AMNH 5654, a shell. Its type locality is ARC-I-540, West Fork, which is in a Pendleian marine shale in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at ARC-I-540, West Fork
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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