Dombarigloria

Dombarigloria is a genus belonging to the goniatitid family Cravenoceratidae; extinct ammonoids which are shelled cephalopods more closely related to squid, octopus and other coleoids than to the superficially similar Nautilus

Dombarigloria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
†Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Goniatitina
Superfamily:
Neoglyphiocerataceae
Family:
Cravenoceratidae
Subfamily:
Cravenoceratinae
Genus:
Dombarigloria

Dombarigloria (Saunders et al. 1999) one of the three earliest genera in the Cravenoceratidae, appearing in the middle Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian). Dombarigloria is derived from the cravenoceratid Pachylyroceras.

References
  • Saunders et al. 1999; Evolution of Complexity in Paleozoic Ammonoid Sutures, Supplementary Material; Science Mag.
  • The Paleobiology Database accessed on 10/01/07


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