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Domatoceras ocomphalum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Domatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Domatoceras ocomphalum was named by Korn and Hairapetian (2025). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.32109, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baghuk Mountain, Vedioceras beds float, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate lime mudstone in the Hambast Formation of Iran.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Domatoceras ocomphalum Korn and Hairapetian p. 13 fig. 7

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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
genusDomatocerasHyatt 1891
speciesocomphalum

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.

Domatoceras ocomphalum Korn and Hairapetian 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height124.7
shell diameter162.2
shell inflation123.4

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: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Domatoceras ocomphalum (type locality: 275379)