Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Full reference: A. K. Miller. 1951. Tertiary nautiloids of west-coastal Africa. Annales du Museé du Congo Belge Tervuren, Sciences Géologiques 8:1-88
Belongs to Deltoidonautilus according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
See also Miller 1951
Sister taxa: Deltoidonautilus arcuatus, Deltoidonautilus biyogorensis, Deltoidonautilus caheni, Deltoidonautilus cassinianus, Deltoidonautilus chudeaui, Deltoidonautilus deluci, Deltoidonautilus elliotti, Deltoidonautilus hassani, Deltoidonautilus haughti, Deltoidonautilus lemoinei, Deltoidonautilus molli, Deltoidonautilus okinoshimensis, Deltoidonautilus rogeri, Deltoidonautilus salisfilius, Deltoidonautilus senegalensis, Deltoidonautilus singularis, Deltoidonautilus somaliensis, Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi, Deltoidonautilus spathi, Deltoidonautilus vredenburgi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Adabion (Oppenheim collection), which is in a Thanetian marine horizon in Togo
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 65.5
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1 collection), Togo (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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