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Dolorthoceras tenuifilosum

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Dolorthoceras tenuifilosum was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 119046, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 5568 green, Pilot Mountain, which is in a Pendleian marine shale in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. boggyense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Dolorthoceras tenuifilosum Gordon p. 121 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-4,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoideaZhuravleva 1994
orderPseudorthocerida
familyPseudorthoceratidaeFlower and Caster 1935
genusDolorthocerasMiller 1931
speciestenuifilosum

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Diagnosis
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