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Valhallites tuberculatus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Koninckioceratidae

Taxonomy
Valhallites tuberculatus was named by Niko and Mapes (2016). Its type specimen is AMNH 5638, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ARC-28, West Black Forest Drive, which is in a Pendleian marine shale in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Valhallites tuberculatus Niko and Mapes p. 11 fig. 5

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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
speciestuberculatus

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 tuberculatus Niko and Mapes 2016
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Pendleian or 330.90000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Arkansas) Valhallites tuberculatus (type locality: 175861 175862 175863)