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Domatoceras parallelum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Domatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus parallelus was named by Abich (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Araxes Gorge, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in Azerbaijan.

It was recombined as Domatoceras parallelus by Shimansky (1965); it was recombined as Domatoceras parallelum by Teichert and Kummel (1973), Korn and Ghaderi (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Nautilus parallelus Abich p. 17 figs. Pl 3, figs 2,2a
1900Nautilus parallelus Arthaber p. 213 figs. Pl 18, figs 2a-c
1965Domatoceras parallelus Shimansky figs. Pl 15, fig 10
1973Domatoceras parallelum Teichert and Kummel p. 421 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2,9,10
2025Domatoceras parallelum Korn and Ghaderi p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderDomatoceratina
superfamilyGrypoceratoideaHyatt 1900
familyDomatoceratidae
genusDomatocerasHyatt 1891
speciesparallelum()

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.

Domatoceras parallelum Abich 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan Nautilus parallelus (232366)