Cosmonautilus polaris Sobolev 1989 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Clydonautilidae

Full reference: E. S. Sobolev. 1989. Triasovye nautilidy severo-vostochnoy Azii. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Sibirskoe Otdelenie Trudy Instituta Geologii I Geofiziki 727:1-193

Belongs to Cosmonautilus according to E. S. Sobolev 1989

Sister taxa: Cosmonautilus dilleri, Cosmonautilus hersheyi, Cosmonautilus pacificus, Cosmonautilus shastensis

Type specimen: IGiG 759/207, a shell. Its type locality is Tsvetkov Cape, Discophyllites taimyrensis beds, eastern Taimyr (IGiG), which is in a Julian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 127.5

Distribution:

• Triassic of the Russian Federation (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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