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Dombarocanites masoni

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Taxonomy
Dombarocanites masoni was named by Gordon (1964). Its type specimen is LSJU 9168 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 23146, Cerro Gordo Spring Trail, which is in an Arnsbergian marine shale in the Rest Spring Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Dombarocanites masoni Gordon, Jr. p. A21 figs. Plate 4, figures 4-6,14 ; text figure 104
1971Dombarocanites masoni Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 131
2000Dombarocanites masoni Titus p. 16 figs. Figure 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyProlecanitidaeHyatt 1884
genusDombarocanitesRuzhencev 1949
speciesmasoni

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.

†Dombarocanites masoni Gordon, Jr. 1964
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Gordon 1964Dombarocanites with trilobate ventral lobe pinched in orad.
A. L. Titus 2000Species with swollen, incipiently trifid ventral lobe.