Carinonautilus Spengler 1910 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Full reference: E. Spengler. 1910. Untersuchungen über die südindische Kreideformation. Die Nautiliden und Belemniten des Trichinopolydistrikts. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 23:125-157

Parent taxon: Nautilidae according to C. Teichert et al. 1964

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Allonautilus, Anglonautilus, Angulithes, Belmonticeras, Cymatoceras, Deltocymatoceras, Epicymatoceras, Euciphoceras, Eucymatoceras, Eutrephoceras, Kummelonautilus, Ligeiceras, Nautilinae, Nautilopsis, Nautilus, Nautilus fricator, Paracymatoceras, Pseudocenoceras, Stenzeloceras, Strionautilus

Subtaxa: Carinonautilus ariyalurensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kalmodu, near Otakoil (Cretaceous of India)

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