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Dombarites bellornatus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Delepinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Dombarites bellornatus was named by Korn and Ebbighausen (2006). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.9072.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GI-H, Gara el Itima (Kaiser et al. 2004 collection), which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Hamou-Rhanem Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Dombarites bellornatus Korn and Ebbighausen p. 40 figs. 36, 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGoniatitoidea(Haan 1825)
familyDelepinoceratidaeRuzhencev 1957
subfamilyDombaritinaeKullmann 2007
genusDombaritesLibrovitch 1957
speciesbellornatus

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.

Dombarites bellornatus Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height321.313.227.426.98.06
shell diameter344.028.355.054.715.4
shell inflation35.604.127.006.101.47

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Morocco Dombarites bellornatus (type locality: 61444 157748 157749)