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Domatoceras walteri

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae

Taxonomy
Domatoceras walteri was named by Miller and Unklesbay (1942). It is a mold. Its type locality is Penasco Valley, Highway 82, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the San Andres Formation of New Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Domatoceras walteri Miller and Unklesbay p. 735 figs. Pl 117, fig 1; text-fig 1F
1949Domatoceras walteri Miller and Youngquist p. 45 figs. Pl 13, fig 1
1989Domatoceras walteri Kues and Lucas p. 175

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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()
genusDomatocerasHyatt 1891
specieswalteri

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 walteri Miller and Unklesbay 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height166.0
shell diameter1165.0
shell inflation180.0

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: Roadian or 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (New Mexico) Domatoceras walteri (type locality: 113092)