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Valhallites westforkensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Koninckioceratidae

Taxonomy
Valhallites westforkensis was named by Niko and Mapes (2016). Its type specimen is AMNH 5654, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ARC-I-540, West Fork, which is in a Pendleian marine shale in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Valhallites westforkensis Niko and Mapes p. 13 fig. 6

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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
specieswestforkensis

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 westforkensis Niko and Mapes 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available