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Penascoceras northropi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Domatoceras northropi was named by Miller and Unklesbay (1942) [University of New Mexico]. Its type specimen is UNM 316 and is a mold. Its type locality is Bluewater Dam, which is in a Kungurian coastal siliciclastic in the Chupadera Formation of New Mexico.

It was recombined as Penascoceras northropi by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Domatoceras northropi Miller and Unklesbay p. 735 figs. Pl 111, figs 7,8
1949Domatoceras northropi Miller and Youngquist p. 44 figs. Pl 17, figs 4,5
1954Penascoceras northropi Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyGrypoceratidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyDomatoceratinae()
genusPenascoceras
speciesnorthropi()

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.

Penascoceras northropi Miller and Unklesbay 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height126.5
shell diameter1110.0
shell inflation135.0

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: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) Domatoceras northropi (type locality: 83179)