Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae
Alternative spellings: Nautilus (Temnocheilus), Nautilus (Temnochilus), Temnocheilos
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1844. A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland. 1-207
Parent taxon: Temnocheilidae according to T. B. Leonova and A. Y. Shchedukhin 2020
See also Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Hoare 1961, Meek and Worthen 1870, Meek and Worthen 1873, Sepkoski 2002, Teichert et al. 1964, Tilsley and Korn 2009 and von Mojsisovics 1882
Sister taxa: Alexoceras, Temnocheiloides
Subtaxa: Nautilus (Temnocheilus) suevicus Temnocheilus aubrechtovae Temnocheilus coronatiformae Temnocheilus crassus Temnocheilus grewingki Temnocheilus harneri Temnocheilus imazighenorum Temnocheilus morloti Temnocheilus multituberculatum Temnocheilus neumayri Temnocheilus winslowi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Germany (1)
• Permian of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (2), Iran (2), Pakistan (5), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (2), Ukraine (1), United States (6: Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
Total: 28 collections including 31 occurrences
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