Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Full reference: A. G. A. Hewaidy, G. M. El Qot, and E. S. M. Moneer. 2019. Campanian-early Eocene cephalopods from Kharga Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt. Annales de Paléontologie 105:45-61
Belongs to Deltoidonautilus according to A. G. A. Hewaidy et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Deltoidonautilus arcuatus, Deltoidonautilus biyogorensis, Deltoidonautilus caheni, Deltoidonautilus cassinianus, Deltoidonautilus chudeaui, Deltoidonautilus deluci, Deltoidonautilus elliotti, Deltoidonautilus haughti, Deltoidonautilus lemoinei, Deltoidonautilus molli, Deltoidonautilus okinoshimensis, Deltoidonautilus rogeri, Deltoidonautilus salisfilius, Deltoidonautilus senegalensis, Deltoidonautilus singularis, Deltoidonautilus somaliensis, Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi, Deltoidonautilus spathi, Deltoidonautilus togoensis, Deltoidonautilus vredenburgi
Type specimen: AZUGM 13, a shell. Its type locality is Naqb El Rufuf, bed 12, which is in a Thanetian carbonate chalk in the Tarawan Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Naqb El Rufuf, bed 12
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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