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Grypoceras milleri

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Grypoceras milleri was named by Kummel (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 107095 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Slight Canyon, Paris-Bloomington Region, which is in a Griesbachian offshore limestone in the Dinwoody Formation of Idaho.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. suessiiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Grypoceras milleri Kummel p. 53 figs. Pl 6, figs 5,6; text-fig 26

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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
genusGrypocerasHyatt 1883
speciesmilleri

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.

†Grypoceras milleri Kummel 1953
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Idaho) Grypoceras milleri (type locality: 110962)