Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Pleuronautilidae
Full reference: B. Kummel. 1953. American Triassic coiled nautiloids. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 250:1-104
Belongs to Pleuronautilus according to B. Kummel 1953
Sister taxa: Pleuronautilus ambiguus, Pleuronautilus ampezzanus, Pleuronautilus changxingensis, Pleuronautilus chisatoi, Pleuronautilus cooperi, Pleuronautilus cornaliae, Pleuronautilus crassescens, Pleuronautilus distinctus, Pleuronautilus esinensis, Pleuronautilus furcatus, Pleuronautilus gaudryi, Pleuronautilus gregarius, 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 venustus, Pleuronautilus yahagiensis, Pleuronautilus zhongyingensis
Type specimen: USNM 107082, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 13749, Kennicott Glacier, which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Chitistone Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 51.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: Alaska, Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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