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Valhallites taymiricus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae

Taxonomy
Valhallites taymiricus was named by Shimanskiy (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 1904/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Argillitoviy Brook, Outcrop 97, Bed P, Taimyr Peninsula, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Sokolin Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Valhallites taymiricus Shimanskiy p. 109 figs. Pl 11, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTemnocheilinaFlower 1963
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTemnocheilidaeMojsisovics 1902
genusValhallites
speciestaymiricus

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 taymiricus Shimanskiy 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height123.0
shell diameter165.0
shell inflation122.0

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: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Valhallites taymiricus (type locality: 94911)