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Valhalloceras floweri

Cephalopoda - Ellesmerocerida - Phthanoncoceratidae

Taxonomy
Valhalloceras floweri was named by Evans and King (1990). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PMO NF2276, 2285 (complementary fragments of the same specimen), a shell. Its type locality is North Ny Friesland, between Lundehuken and Papegøyneset, which is in an Arenigian carbonate lime mudstone/grainstone in the Valhallfonna Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. It is the type species of Valhalloceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Valhalloceras floweri Evans and King p. 628 figs. 3; figs. 5-11 Pl. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
orderEllesmerocerida()
familyPhthanoncoceratidae
genusValhalloceras
speciesfloweri

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.

†Valhalloceras floweri Evans and King 1990
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Diagnosis
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