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Valhallites boreus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Koninckioceratidae

Taxonomy
Valhallites boreus was named by Shimanskiy (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 1626/55, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kemyus-Yuryakh River, Verkhoyan, which is in a Moscovian marine horizon in the Ekachanskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Valhallites boreus Shimanskiy p. 108 figs. Pl 11, figs 5,6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyKoninckioceratidaeHyatt in Zittel 1900
genusValhallites
speciesboreus

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.

†Valhallites boreus Shimanskiy 1967
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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: base of the Bashkirian to the top of the Moscovian or 323.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Russian Federation Valhallites boreus (166313)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Russian Federation Valhallites boreus (type locality: 166312)