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Dunbarites boardmani

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae

Taxonomy
Dunbarites boardmani was named by Work and Mapes (2009). Its type specimen is SUI 54880, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TXV-49 Mapes , which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Caddo Creek Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Dunbarites boardmani Work and Mapes p. 409 figs. 3.10-3.12, 3.18-3.21, 4.7, 4.8, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyAdrianitoidea(Schindewolf 1931)
familyAdrianitidaeSchindewolf 1931
subfamilyDunbaritinae(Miller and Furnish 1957)
genusDunbarites
speciesboardmani

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.

Dunbarites boardmani Work and Mapes 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height22.842.303.502.900.849
shell diameter211.99.7014.612.13.46
shell inflation26.505.457.756.601.63

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Gzhelian or 307.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Dunbarites boardmani (170908)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Dunbarites boardmani (170917)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Dunbarites boardmani (type locality: 93707)