Germanonautilus cassianus von Mojsisovics 1882 (mollusk)

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

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

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

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