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Penascoceras bradyi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Domatoceras bradyi was named by Miller and Unklesbay (1942). Its type specimen is MNA 811/G2.1517 and is a mold. Its type locality is Bottomless Pits, Walnut Canyon, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.

It was recombined as Penascoceras bradyi by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Domatoceras bradyi Miller and Unklesbay p. 734 figs. Pl 116, figs 5,6; pl 117, fig 2; text-figs 1G,H
1949Domatoceras bradyi Miller and Youngquist p. 44 figs. Pl 13, fig 2; pl 14, figs 5,6
1954Penascoceras bradyi Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyGrypoceratidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyDomatoceratinae()
genusPenascoceras
speciesbradyi()

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.

Penascoceras bradyi Miller and Unklesbay 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height166.0
shell diameter1155.0
shell inflation149.0

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) Domatoceras bradyi (88665)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (New Mexico) Domatoceras bradyi (113092 113095)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) Domatoceras bradyi (113086 113093 type locality: 113094)