†Nikenautilus vultur Shimanskiy 1967 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae
Full reference: V. N. Shimanskiy. 1967. Kammenougol'nye Nautilida. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 115:1-258
Belongs to Nikenautilus according to V. N. Shimanskiy 1967
Sister taxon: Nikenautilus beleuthensis
Type specimen: PIN 1193/135, a shell. Its type locality is Beleuty River, Sholakskaya syncline, which is in a Serpukhovian marine horizon in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 34.0
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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