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Fididomatoceras gracile

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Domatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Domatoceras gracile was named by Shimansky (1965). Its type specimen is PIN 1572/211, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dorasham, Araxoceras beds, Dzhulfa Gorge, Arax River, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Julfa Formation of Azerbaijan.

It was synonymized subjectively with Domatoceras parallelum by Teichert and Kummel (1973); it was recombined as Fididomatoceras gracile by Korn and Ghaderi (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Domatoceras gracile Shimansky p. 160 figs. Pl 16, fig 1
2025Fididomatoceras gracile Korn and Ghaderi p. 22 fig. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderDomatoceratina
superfamilyGrypoceratoideaHyatt 1900
familyDomatoceratidae
genusFididomatoceras
speciesgracile()

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.

†Fididomatoceras gracile Shimansky 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height222.918.029.223.67.92
shell diameter248.340.058.449.213.0
shell inflation213.011.015.413.23.11

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 Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran (Abadeh) Domatoceras gracile (63894)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Armenia Domatoceras gracile (110747)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Fididomatoceras gracile (275367)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan Domatoceras gracile (82252 97229 110678 110714 type locality: 116755)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Azerbaijan Domatoceras gracile (110602)