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Dentoceras belemnitiforme

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Dentoceratidae

Taxonomy
Dentoceras belemnitiforme was named by Flower (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 118998, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 15851, east of Boles, which is in a Bashkirian marine shale in the Johns Valley Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Dentoceras belemnitiforme Flower p. 131 figs. Pl 1, figs 14,15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
familyDentoceratidae
genusDentoceras
speciesbelemnitiforme

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.

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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Bashkirian or 323.20000 to 315.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (Arkansas) Dentoceras belemnitiforme (157955 type locality: 157979)