Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Alternative combination: Nautilus hexagonus
Synonym: Nautilus wandaensis Waagen 1873
Belongs to Paracenoceras according to K. Halder and S. Bardhan 1996
See also Ficcarelli 1968, Kummel 1956, Tinant 1987 and von Loesch 1914
Sister taxa: Paracenoceras acklini, Paracenoceras arduennense, Paracenoceras blakei, Paracenoceras calloviense, Paracenoceras dilatatum, Paracenoceras dorsatus, Paracenoceras dorsoexcavatus, Paracenoceras ennianum, Paracenoceras giganteum, Paracenoceras granulosum, Paracenoceras herznachensis, Paracenoceras jumarense, Paracenoceras kumagunense, Paracenoceras lorioli, Paracenoceras macrum, Paracenoceras marocense, Paracenoceras meridionale, Paracenoceras mjatschkowanus, Paracenoceras moreausum, Paracenoceras noetlingi, Paracenoceras prohexagonum, Paracenoceras rollieri, Paracenoceras sattleri, Paracenoceras schusteri, Paracenoceras siculus, Paracenoceras sinuosus, Paracenoceras speciosum, Paracenoceras staffelbergense, Paracenoceras subhexagonus, Paracenoceras sulcatum, Paracenoceras wepferi, Paracenoceras wilmae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 84.0
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), Ethiopia (1), India (1), Saudi Arabia (7), Somalia (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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