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Grypoceras whitneyi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus whitneyi was named by Gabb (1864). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Buena Vista district, Humboldt mining region, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Nevada.

It was recombined as Grypoceras whitneyi by Smith (1914), Kummel (1953) and Silberling and Nichols (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. suessiiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Nautilus whitneyi Gabb p. 19 figs. Pl 3, figs 2,3
1914Grypoceras whitneyi Smith p. 141 figs. Pl 16, figs 2,3; pl 99, figs 5-7
1953Grypoceras whitneyi Kummel p. 53 figs. Pl 5, fig 1; pl 6, figs 1-4
1982Grypoceras whitneyi Silberling and Nichols p. 62 figs. Pl 32, figs 9-11

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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
specieswhitneyi()

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 whitneyi Gabb 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height145.0
shell diameter188.0
shell inflation114.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bithynian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Nautilus whitneyi (142626)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Grypoceras whitneyi (40754 143260)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Grypoceras whitneyi (33225 38925 142862)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0USA (Nevada) Grypoceras whitneyi (110989)