Eutrephoceras sphaericum Forbes 1846 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Alternative combination: Nautilus sphaericum

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174

Belongs to Eutrephoceras according to M. Wilmsen and M. F. Aly 2019

Sister taxa: Eutrephoceras (Simplicioceras), Eutrephoceras ahltenense, Eutrephoceras alcesense, Eutrephoceras allani, Eutrephoceras allionii, Eutrephoceras angolaense, Eutrephoceras antarcticum, Eutrephoceras astierianum, Eutrephoceras azraqensis, Eutrephoceras bellerophon, Eutrephoceras berryi, Eutrephoceras blanki, Eutrephoceras boissieri, Eutrephoceras bouchardianum, Eutrephoceras burundukhajense, Eutrephoceras carolinense, Eutrephoceras carolinensis, Eutrephoceras charpentieri, Eutrephoceras claramontanum, Eutrephoceras clementinum, Eutrephoceras dartevellei, Eutrephoceras darupense, Eutrephoceras decorum, Eutrephoceras dekayi, Eutrephoceras depressum, Eutrephoceras donbassicum, Eutrephoceras dorbignyanum, Eutrephoceras douvillei, Eutrephoceras dubaleni, Eutrephoceras expansum, Eutrephoceras eyerdami, Eutrephoceras faxoense, Eutrephoceras flammeum, Eutrephoceras globosum, Eutrephoceras hacobjani, Eutrephoceras hallidayi, Eutrephoceras hannai, Eutrephoceras indicum, Eutrephoceras insigne, Eutrephoceras irritilasi, Eutrephoceras izumoensis, Eutrephoceras japonicus, Eutrephoceras johnsoni, Eutrephoceras jonesi, Eutrephoceras justum, Eutrephoceras kummeli, Eutrephoceras laverdei, Eutrephoceras lentiforme, Eutrephoceras leonei, Eutrephoceras marksi, Eutrephoceras merteni, Eutrephoceras montanaense, Eutrephoceras montanensis, Eutrephoceras montmollini, Eutrephoceras moskvini, Eutrephoceras municeps, Eutrephoceras neubergicus, Eutrephoceras nodai, Eutrephoceras oregonense, Eutrephoceras parisiense, Eutrephoceras perlatus, Eutrephoceras planoventer, Eutrephoceras quadrilineatum, Eutrephoceras reesidei, Eutrephoceras rotundum, Eutrephoceras sloani, Eutrephoceras soyaense, Eutrephoceras spengleri, Eutrephoceras stephensoni, Eutrephoceras subfleuriausianum, Eutrephoceras subinflatum, Eutrephoceras sublaevigatum, Eutrephoceras subrotundum, Eutrephoceras tawaense, Eutrephoceras traubi, Eutrephoceras tumescens, Eutrephoceras umbilicare, Eutrephoceras urbanum, Eutrephoceras uzense, Eutrephoceras vastum, Eutrephoceras victorianum, Eutrephoceras waageni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Der Abu Said

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