Permonautilus halleri Tichy 1975 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Permonautilidae

Full reference: G. Tichy. 1975. On the first appearance of Permonautilus from the Foldvik Creek Formation (Upper Permian) of east Greenland. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1975(11):693-703

Belongs to Permonautilus according to G. Tichy 1975

Sister taxa: Permonautilus cornutus, Permonautilus kruglovi, Permonautilus parapinegaensis, Permonautilus pinegaensis

Type specimen: Nat. Mus. Wien 1975/1701, a shell. Its type locality is Breithorn Glacier (Biskop Alfs Glacier), Scoresby Land, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Foldvik Creek Formation of Greenland.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 76.0

Distribution: found only at Breithorn Glacier (Biskop Alfs Glacier), Scoresby Land

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