Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Nautilus cassianus, Temnocheilus cassianus
Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1882. Die Cephalopoden der Mediterranen Triasprovinz. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 10:1-322
Belongs to Germanonautilus according to A. Nützel and A. Kaim 2014
See also Kamoun et al. 1994, Urlichs 2000 and von Mojsisovics 1882
Sister taxa: Ammonites acis, Cyrtocera linearis, Germanonautilus anceps, Germanonautilus bartovi, Germanonautilus bidorsatus, Germanonautilus breunneri, Germanonautilus brooksi, Germanonautilus bytschkovi, Germanonautilus dolomiticus, Germanonautilus ellipticus, Germanonautilus furlongi, Germanonautilus johnstoni, Germanonautilus klipsteini, Germanonautilus kyotanii, Germanonautilus popowi, Germanonautilus salinarius, Germanonautilus schloenbachi, Germanonautilus sibiricus, Germanonautilus tridorsatus, Nautilus tertius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Stuores meadow near San Cassiano (GBA coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 92.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (4 collections), the Russian Federation (1), Tunisia (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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