Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Cenoceratidae
Alternative combination: Nautilus saxbii
Synonyms: Heminautilus tejeriensis Martínez and Grauges 2006, Nautilus verneuilli Vilanova y Piera 1870
Full reference: J. Morris. 1848. Description of a new species of Nautilus from the Lower Greensand of the Isle of Wight. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 1:106-107
Belongs to Heminautilus according to C. Baudouin et al. 2016
See also Conte 1980, Conte 2010, Kummel 1956, Martínez and Grauges 2006, Morris 1848 and Vilanova y Piera 1870
Sister taxa: Heminautilus boselliorum, Heminautilus etheringtoni, Heminautilus japonicus, Heminautilus lallierianus, Heminautilus rangei, Heminautilus sanctaecrucis, Heminautilus stantoni, Heminautilus tyosiensis
Type specimens:
- Heminautilus saxbii: BMNH C.47019, a shell. Its type locality is Atherfield, lowest bed of Crackers, which is in an Aptian marine siliciclastic in the Atherfield Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Heminautilus tejeriensis: PUAB 48292, a shell. Its type locality is La Tejería de Josa (PUAB collection), which is in an Aptian carbonate limestone in the Margas del Forcall Formation of Spain.
- Nautilus verneuilli: Its type locality is La Tejería de Josa (Vilanova collection), which is in an Aptian carbonate limestone in the Margas del Forcall Formation of Spain.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 116.1
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1 collection), France (1), Spain (16), the United Kingdom (1), Venezuela (1)
Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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