Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Alternative combinations: Nautilus freieslebeni, Peripetoceras frieslebeni
Synonym: Nautilus bowerbankianus King 1850
Full reference: H. B. Geinitz. 1843. Geinitz taxonomic names. Gaea von Sachsen 1-225
Belongs to Peripetoceras according to C. G. Diedrich 2009
See also Geinitz 1843, Geinitz 1861, Hollingworth and Pettigrew 1988, Howse 1848, Howse 1857, Hyatt 1894, King 1850 and Kummel 1963
Sister taxa: Peripetoceras asselense, Peripetoceras bridgeportense, Peripetoceras burovi, Peripetoceras cautum, Peripetoceras comploji, Peripetoceras fischeri, Peripetoceras gigas, Peripetoceras globatoides, Peripetoceras ideliense, Peripetoceras kummeli, Peripetoceras ozarkense, Peripetoceras tormentum
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.5
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (6 collections), the United Kingdom (14)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
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