Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Alternative combination: Parametacoceras venustum
Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1944. Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range. Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23(2):1-596
Belongs to Pleuronautilus according to V. N. Shimanskiy 1967
See also Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Pleuronautilus alaskensis, Pleuronautilus ambiguus, Pleuronautilus ampezzanus, Pleuronautilus changxingensis, Pleuronautilus chisatoi, Pleuronautilus cooperi, Pleuronautilus cornaliae, Pleuronautilus costalis, Pleuronautilus crassescens, Pleuronautilus distinctus, Pleuronautilus dzhagadzurensis, Pleuronautilus dzhulfensis, Pleuronautilus esinensis, Pleuronautilus furcatus, Pleuronautilus gaudryi, Pleuronautilus gregarius, Pleuronautilus incertus, Pleuronautilus latissimus, Pleuronautilus lepsiusi, Pleuronautilus linchengense, Pleuronautilus loczyi, Pleuronautilus magnicostatus, Pleuronautilus magnus, Pleuronautilus marmolatae, Pleuronautilus megaporus, Pleuronautilus mosis, Pleuronautilus multicostatus, Pleuronautilus mutatus, Pleuronautilus narcissae, Pleuronautilus oenanus, Pleuronautilus ornatus, Pleuronautilus pichleri, Pleuronautilus praecursor, Pleuronautilus ptychoides, Pleuronautilus qinghaianus, Pleuronautilus russkiensis, Pleuronautilus scabiosus, Pleuronautilus seminodosus, Pleuronautilus shumardianus, Pleuronautilus stautei, Pleuronautilus subgemmatus, Pleuronautilus sumatrensis, Pleuronautilus tibeticus, Pleuronautilus trinodosus, Pleuronautilus tschichatscheffi, Pleuronautilus verae, Pleuronautilus yahagiensis, Pleuronautilus zhongyingensis, Huanghoceras warchense
Type specimen: Its type locality is East of pt 2263, ESE of Chhidru, calcareous sandstone, K30.93-96, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian marine sandstone/marl in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 154.9
Distribution: found only at East of pt 2263, ESE of Chhidru, calcareous sandstone, K30.93-96, Salt Range
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