Aulaconautilus Spath 1927 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Pseudonautilidae

Alternative spelling: Nautilus (Aulaconautilus)

Parent taxon: Pseudonautilidae according to V. N. Shimansky 1975

See also Jeannet 1951, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Palelialia, Pseudaganides, Pseudonautilus, Xenocheilus

Subtaxa: Aulaconautilus bicarinatus Aulaconautilus druzczici Aulaconautilus picteti Aulaconautilus sexcarinatus

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Type: Nautilus sexcarinatus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Ukraine (1)

• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1), Poland (1), Switzerland (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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