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Valhallites taymiricus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Koninckioceratidae

Taxonomy
Valhallites taymiricus was named by Shimanskiy (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 1904/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Argillitoviy Brook, Outcrop 97, Bed P, Taimyr Peninsula, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Sokolin Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Valhallites taymiricus Shimanskiy p. 109 figs. Pl 11, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyKoninckioceratidaeHyatt in Zittel 1900
genusValhallites
speciestaymiricus

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.

Valhallites taymiricus Shimanskiy 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height123.0
shell diameter165.0
shell inflation122.0

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: Roadian or 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation Valhallites taymiricus (type locality: 94911)