Domatoceras mattoonense Tucker 1976 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Full reference: J. K. Tucker. 1976. A coiled nautiloid fauna from the Mattoon Formation (Pennsylvanian) of Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 69(1):57-77

Belongs to Domatoceras according to J. K. Tucker 1976

Sister taxa: Domatoceras atypicum, Domatoceras bashkiricum, Domatoceras collinsvillense, Domatoceras fredericksi, Domatoceras gigas, Domatoceras guangxiense, Domatoceras hexagonum, Domatoceras highlandense, Domatoceras hunicum, Domatoceras inostranzewi, Domatoceras latum, Domatoceras magister, Domatoceras mosquense, Domatoceras ogatsuense, Domatoceras parallelum, Domatoceras planotergatum, Domatoceras podolskense, Domatoceras sterlitamakense, Domatoceras texanum, Domatoceras tulense, Domatoceras walteri, Domatoceras wortheni

Type specimen: PE 27960. Its type locality is Type localitity of Shumway Limestone Member, Matttoon Fm., Shumway Cyclothem, which is in a Virgilian carbonate lime mudstone/limestone in the Mattoon Formation of Illinois.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Type localitity of Shumway Limestone Member, Matttoon Fm., Shumway Cyclothem

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