Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Nautilus giganteus, Paracenoceras giganteus
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1843. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 6-16):81-192
Belongs to Paracenoceras according to K. Halder and S. Bardhan 1996
See also Enay et al. 1994, Kummel 1956 and von Loesch 1914
Sister taxa: Paracenoceras acklini, Paracenoceras arduennense, Paracenoceras blakei, Paracenoceras calloviense, Paracenoceras dilatatum, Paracenoceras dorsatus, Paracenoceras dorsoexcavatus, Paracenoceras ennianum, Paracenoceras granulosum, Paracenoceras herznachensis, Paracenoceras hexagonum, Paracenoceras jumarense, Paracenoceras kumagunense, Paracenoceras lorioli, Paracenoceras macrum, Paracenoceras marocense, Paracenoceras meridionale, Paracenoceras mjatschkowanus, Paracenoceras moreausum, Paracenoceras noetlingi, Paracenoceras prohexagonum, Paracenoceras rollieri, Paracenoceras sattleri, Paracenoceras schusteri, Paracenoceras siculus, Paracenoceras sinuosus, Paracenoceras speciosum, Paracenoceras staffelbergense, Paracenoceras subhexagonus, Paracenoceras sulcatum, Paracenoceras wepferi, Paracenoceras wilmae
Type specimen: MNHN.F.B48671
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 109.0
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), France (2), India (2), Madagascar (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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