Dombarites

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

Dombarites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
†Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Goniatitina
Superfamily:
Goniatitaceae
Family:
Agathiceratidae
Genus:
Dombarites

According to Saunders, et al., 1999, Dombarites from the middle and upper Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) is the earliest of the Agathiceratidae; gave rise to Perclietes and Proshumardites in the late Early Carboniferous and indirectly to Agathiceras which first appeared in the middle Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian). Dombarites is derived from Goniatites, a genus in the Goniatitidae, in the middle Early Carboniferous.

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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